Learn About Rounding Decimals Name: ______________________

End in Mind… I can _______________ two models for rounding decimals.

What is the problem about?

What are you trying to find out?

What information is important?

What is the problem about?

What are you trying to find out?

What information is important?

Learn About Rounding Decimals Name: ______________________

Model It - Place _________ on a ___________ line

to see its relationship to nearby tenths.

*0.273 is more than halfway from 0.2 to 0.3.

When you round to __________ you do not show

thousandths or hundredths.

0.273 is closer to ______.

Learn About Rounding Decimals Name: ______________________

Model It Use a ________________ to compare 2.97 to

nearby tenths.

Middle Value is 2.95

2.97 is _______ than 2.95

• When you round to tenths you do not show

__________________ .

2.97 is more than halfway between 2.9 and 3.0, so it

round up to __________.
Learn About Rounding Decimals Name: ______________________

By using these the number line and Place Value model.

How did finding the middle value and placing the decimal on the
number line make it easier to see if 0.273 is closer to 0.2 or to 0.3?

By using these the number line and Place Value model.

Explain how you can use the digit to the right of the hundredth, to tell you
if you should round up or down.
Learn About Rounding Decimals Name: ______________________

Try It

Fill in this place value chart, highlight where 0.813 would be placed.

ones . Tenths Hundredths

0 . 8 0
0 . 8
0 . 8
0 .
0 .
0 .
0 .
0 .
0 .
0 8
0 . 9 0
1. A dropper holds 0.813 milliliter of fluid. Was is this amount rounded to the nearest
hundredth? __________________________

At the end of each month, Belinda earn $0.024 for every dollar in her savings account.
Show Belinda’s earns in a place value chart.

ones . Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

0 . 0 2 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 . 0
0 0
0 . 0 3 0

2. Round 0.024 this to the nearest hundredth to show about how many cents she earns
for every dollar. ________________________