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 Year 6 – Autumn Block 1 – Place Value – Rounding Numbers

About This Resource:

This PowerPoint has been designed to support your teaching of this small step. It includes a starter activity and an example of
each question from the Varied Fluency and Reasoning and Problem Solving resources also provided in this pack. You can choose
to work through all examples provided or a selection of them depending on the needs of your class.

National Curriculum Objectives:

Mathematics Year 6: (6N4) Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy

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 Year 6 – Autumn Block 1 – Place Value

Step 3: Rounding Numbers

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 Introduction

Which multiples of 10,000 does this number fall between?

46,000

Which multiples of 100,000 does this number fall between?

260,000

Which multiples of 1,000,000 does this number fall between?

7,900,000

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 Introduction

Which multiples of 10,000 does this number fall between?

40,000 46,000 50,000

Which multiples of 100,000 does this number fall between?

200,000 260,000 300,000

Which multiples of 1,000,000 does this number fall between?

7,000,000 7,900,000 8,000,000

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 Varied Fluency 1

Which two numbers will round to the same value when

rounded to the nearest 10,000.

a
Hundred thousands

Ten thousands

Thousands

Hundreds
Millions

Ones
Tens
b 4,135,002 c Four million, ninety-nine
thousand, one hundred and
three

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 Varied Fluency 1

Which two numbers will round to the same value when

rounded to the nearest 10,000.

a
Hundred thousands

Ten thousands

Thousands

Hundreds
Millions

Ones
Tens
b 4,135,002 c Four million, ninety-nine
thousand, one hundred and
three

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 Varied Fluency 2

Which numbers round to 5,000,000 when rounding

to the nearest 1,000,000?

4,565,820 4,605,000

Four million, four hundred and forty-nine

thousand, seven hundred and fifty

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 Varied Fluency 2

Which numbers round to 5,000,000 when rounding

to the nearest 1,000,000?

4,565,820 4,605,000

Four million, four hundred and forty-nine

thousand, seven hundred and fifty

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 Varied Fluency 3

Tick to show whether the number rounds to

5,900,000 or 6,000,000 to the nearest 100,000.

Round to Round to
Number
5,900,000 6,000,000

5,987,105

6,049,770

5,949,250

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 Varied Fluency 3

Tick to show whether the number rounds to

5,900,000 or 6,000,000 to the nearest 100,000.

Round to Round to
Number
5,900,000 6,000,000

5,987,105 
6,049,770 
5,949,250 

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 Varied Fluency 4

Round the number below to the nearest

10,000, 100,000 and 1,000,000.

Six million, eight hundred and

six thousand, five hundred and
twenty-four

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 Varied Fluency 4

Round the number below to the nearest

10,000, 100,000 and 1,000,000.

10,000: 6,810,000

100,000: 6,800,000

1,000,000: 7,000,000

Six million, eight hundred and

six thousand, five hundred and
twenty-four

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 Reasoning 1

Which number is the odd one out when the numbers below are rounded to
the nearest million and rounded to the nearest hundred thousand? Explain
your answers.

Five million, four hundred and ninety-three

5,545,005
thousand, two hundred and twenty-one
Hundred thousands

Ten thousands

Thousands

Hundreds
Millions

Ones
Tens

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 Reasoning 1

Which number is the odd one out when the numbers below are rounded to
the nearest million and rounded to the nearest hundred thousand? Explain
your answers.

Five million, four hundred and ninety-three

5,545,005
thousand, two hundred and twenty-one
Hundred thousands

Ten thousands

Thousands

Hundreds
Millions

Ones
Tens
To the nearest million, the odd one out is…

To the nearest hundred thousand, the odd one out is…

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 Reasoning 1

Which number is the odd one out when the numbers below are rounded to
the nearest million and rounded to the nearest hundred thousand? Explain
your answers.

Five million, four hundred and ninety-three

5,545,005
thousand, two hundred and twenty-one
Hundred thousands

Ten thousands

Thousands

Hundreds
Millions

Ones
Tens
To the nearest million, the odd one out is 5,493,221 because it rounds to
5,000,000 and the others round to 6,000,000.
To the nearest hundred thousand, the odd one out is 6,113,212 because it
rounds to 6,100,000 and the other round to 5,500,000.

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 Problem Solving 1

Work out which child has which number. Find two possible solutions.

7,463,116 7,504,223 7,494,881

To the nearest hundred thousand,

my number rounds to 7,500,000 Rhia

To the nearest million, my number

Sky rounds to seven million

To the nearest ten thousand, my

number rounds to seven and half
Charlie
million

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 Problem Solving 1

Work out which child has which number. Find two possible solutions.

7,463,116 7,504,223 7,494,881

To the nearest hundred thousand,

my number rounds to 7,500,000 Rhia

To the nearest million, my number

Sky rounds to seven million

To the nearest ten thousand, my

number rounds to seven and half
Charlie
million
Solution 1: Rhia has 7,463,116, Sky has 7,494,881 and Charlie has 7,504,223.
Solution 2: Rhia has 7,494,881, Sky has 7,463,116 and Charlie has 7,504,223.

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 Reasoning 2

Nicolas is rounding numbers to the nearest million.

He says,

I think that seven million,

four hundred and fifty
thousand, nine hundred and
eighty rounded to the
nearest hundred thousand is
7,000,000.

Is Nicolas correct? Explain, giving reasons for your answer.

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 Reasoning 2

Nicolas is rounding numbers to the nearest million.

He says,

I think that seven million,

four hundred and fifty
thousand, nine hundred and
eighty rounded to the
nearest hundred thousand is
7,000,000.

Is Nicolas correct? Explain, giving reasons for your answer.

He is incorrect because…

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 Reasoning 2

Nicolas is rounding numbers to the nearest million.

He says,

I think that seven million,

four hundred and fifty
thousand, nine hundred and
eighty rounded to the
nearest hundred thousand is
7,000,000.

Is Nicolas correct? Explain, giving reasons for your answer.

He is incorrect because his number is 7,450,980 and it has fifty thousands

which means that it would round up to the next hundred thousand. This
would mean that the number becomes 7,500,000.

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