Rounding Tens, Hundreds, Thousands, By: Brenda Tapson

Round when: You have been asked to estimate. Look for the clue word “about”. You need an easier number to work with.

Rounding Poem Find your number. Look next door. If 4 or less, just ignore. If 5 or more, add 1 more.

Round to the nearest ten. Find your number. 37 Underline your number.

Round to the nearest ten. Look next door. 37 Draw an arrow to the “next door” number.

Round to the nearest ten. If 4 or less, just ignore. 37 7 is more than 4, so move to the next line of the poem.

Round to the nearest ten. If 5 or more, add 1 more. 37 40 7 is more than 5. Add 1 more to the underlined number and the rest become zero’s.

Round to the nearest ten. Find your number. 2,442 Underline your number.

Round to the nearest ten. Look next door. 2,442 Draw an arrow to the “next door” number.

Round to the nearest ten. If 4 or less, just ignore. 2,442 2,440 2 is less than 4. Leave the underlined number alone and the rest are zero’s.

Let’s Try It! 77 23 54 65 80 20 50 70

Let’s Get Tougher! 285 195 157 679 290 200 160 680

Round to the nearest hundred. Find your number. 473 Underline your number.

Round to the nearest hundred. Look next door. 473 Draw an arrow to the “next door” number.

Round to the nearest hundred. If 4 or less, just ignore. 473 7 is more than 4, so move to the next line of the poem.

Round to the nearest hundred. If 5 or more, add 1 more. 473 500 7 is more than 5. Add 1 more to the underlined number and the rest of the numbers become zero’s.

Let’s Try It! 569 915 1,283 5,617 600 900 1,300 5,600

Round to the nearest thousand. Find your number. 5,689 Underline your number.

Round to the nearest thousand. Look next door. 5,689 Draw an arrow to the “next door” number.

Round to the nearest hundred. If 4 or less, just ignore. 5,689 6 is more than 4, so move to the next line.

Round to the nearest hundred. If 5 or more, add 1 more. 5,689 6,000 6 is more than 5. Add 1 more to the underlined number and the rest of the numbers become zero’s.

Let’s Try It! 3,334 38,288 5,790 15,699 3,000 38,000 6,000 16,000