MathsYear 6Number & Place Value

Round any whole number

Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're at a fair and you want to guess how many sweets are in a jar. Rounding is like deciding which 'tens' or 'hundreds' the number is closest to!

  2. 2

    If you have 37 straws, which group of ten is it closer to?

  3. 3

    Let's round 63 to the nearest ten together.

  4. 4

    Round 87 to the nearest ten using the number line.

  5. 5

    What is 87 rounded to the nearest ten?

  6. 6

    Now try rounding 245 to the nearest hundred. Drag the marker to show the nearest hundred.

  7. 7

    What is 245 rounded to the nearest hundred?

Practise Round any whole number with Whizlo

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