Round to the nearest

★★★Not the suggested order

Round up if the next digit is 5 or more, down if it is 4 or less.

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Example

Round to the nearest ten.

2012

Answer: 2010

Steps in this unit · Big numbers and rounding

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Big numbers and rounding · Numbers & Operations

Read place values past ten thousand and round numbers up, down and to the nearest.

Round up if the next digit is 5 or more, down if it is 4 or less.

This is step 4 of unit 1, “Big numbers and rounding”, in Stage 5: Big numbers, fraction and decimal sums, angles (ages 11). A round has 10 problems; 90% or better earns three stars. Everything is free with no sign-up, and your stars and XP are saved on this device.