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🎯 Mixed Rounding (10, 100, 1,000, 10,000)

Practice mixed rounding to tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten-thousands.
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Practice Questions

  1. 83,623 (nearest 10) = ?
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    83,620

  2. 83,623 (nearest 100) = ?
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    83,600

  3. 83,623 (nearest 1,000) = ?
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    84,000

  4. 83,623 (nearest 10,000) = ?
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    80,000

  5. 4,650 (nearest 100) = ?
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    4,700

Teacher Resources
Teaching Notes

Have students annotate which place to round to before deciding. Mix in boundary cases (5s).

Vocabulary
Mixed Rounding: Rounding to different place values.
Precision: The exactness of a number.
Common Mistakes
  • Rounding to the wrong place
  • Using the wrong digit to decide
  • Incorrectly identifying the rounding digit
  • Failing to change trailing digits to zero
  • Rounding down when the digit is 5 or more
  • Misidentifying the digit to the right
Differentiation
SupportProvide color codes for target place.
ChallengeCreate word problems involving rounding in context (distance, population).
Discussion Questions
  • How does the target place change your decision?
  • Why do 5s always go up?
  • When is rounding useful in everyday situations?
  • How does knowing place value help with rounding?
  • Why do we replace digits to the right with zeros?
  • Can two numbers round to the same value?
Extension Activities
  • Estimate sums/differences with mixed rounding
  • Create a number that rounds differently at different places
Parent Tip

Give your child numbers and ask them to round to various place values.

Learning Path
Skill Cluster

Number Sense

Estimated Time

12 minutes

Skills Practiced
Mixed rounding