Rounding to ten, hundred, thousand
You learn to round a number to the nearest ten, hundred or thousand.
How to work it out
- Find the digit in the place you are rounding to.
- Look at the digit to the right of it.
- If it is 5 or more, round up.
- If it is 4 or less, round down.
Round 347 to the nearest ten
- 347 is between 340 and 350.
- Look at the digit to the right of the tens: the 7.
- That is 5 or more, so round up: 350.
More examples
Round 2449 to the nearest hundred
- 2449 is between 2400 and 2500.
- Look at the digit to the right of the hundreds: the 4.
- That is 4 or less, so round down: 2400.
Round 6531 to the nearest thousand
- 6531 is between 6000 and 7000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the thousands: the 5.
- That is 5 or more, so round up: 7000.