Round to the Nearest 1,000 (736)

Teaching Notes

Use a number line by thousands; show that 83,500 and above rounds to 84,000.

Vocabulary

Thousand: The place value for 1,000s.

Hundreds digit: The digit in the position worth 100.

Common Mistakes

• Checking tens instead of hundreds
• Rounding 500 down
• Using wrong comparison digit.
• Forgetting trailing zeros.
• Incorrectly rounding 500-999.
• Rounding up when should round down.

Differentiation

Discussion Questions

• Which boundary decides the rounding?
• How do you handle rollovers?
• Why is rounding useful in everyday life?
• How does the hundreds digit help us round?
• When would you round up versus round down?
• Can you think of a situation where exact numbers aren't needed?

Extension Activities

• Round city populations to the nearest thousand
• Create two numbers that both round to 84,000

Parent Tip

Ask your child to round the number of people in a city to the nearest thousand.

Skill Cluster

Number Sense and Place Value

Estimated Time

10 minutes

Skills Practiced

Prerequisites

• 719
• Round to the Nearest 100
• Place Value to Thousands

Next Steps

• Rounding Multi-Digit Numbers
• Estimating with Rounding
• Round to the Nearest 10,000
• Estimating Sums by Rounding