Beginners Rounding
A Poem to help you remember how to round… Find your place number. Look right next door. 4 or less just ignore. 5 or more, add 1 more.
Rules for rounding a number to the tens place… 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : If the circled number is 5 or more, round the tens place up to the next number (6 to 7) Or If the circled number is 4 or less, keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 60
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (2) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 40
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (5) is 5 or more, so we round The tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 70
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 20
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (4) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 90
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 90
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (5) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 80
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (0) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 60
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (4) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 80
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (9) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 100
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 40
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (3) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 10
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (7) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 40
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (5) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 20
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (4) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 70
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 70
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 90
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 80
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 40
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (9) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 20
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (1) is 4 or less, so we keep the number in the tens place the same and make everything to the right a zero. 10
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (6) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 100
Round this number to the tens. 1st: Underline the number in the tens place nd : Circle the number right next door… in the ones place. 3 rd : The circled number (8) is 5 or more, so we round the tens place up one number and make everything to the right a zero. 80