Rounding to the

Tens Place

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 8070

Round 75 to the nearest

ten.

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 8070

75 rounds up the number line to 80 because 5 or more rounds to the next

tens digit.

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 4030

Round 34 to the nearest

ten.

30

34 rounds down the number line to 30 because 4 or less

keeps the same tens digit.

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3020

Round 27 to the

nearest ten.

Does 27 round to 20

or 30?

The place that you

are rounding to is the

tens place

Circle the digit in the tens place and draw an arrow to

the place behind it

7 is greater than 5

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3020

So 27 rounds up

to 30

Round 43 to the

nearest ten.

Does 43 round to 40

or 50?

The place that you

are rounding to is the

tens place

Circle the digit in the tens place and draw an arrow to

the place behind it

3 is less than 5

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 5040

So 43 rounds

down to 40

Let’s PracticeRound each number to the

tens place.

52 38 96 49 81 1275 27

Round 236 to the

nearest ten.

Does 236 round to 230 or 240?

First find the place that you are

rounding to…

6 is greater than 5

Circle the digit in the tens place and draw an arrow to

the place behind it

231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240230

So 236 rounds up

to 240

Round 473 to the

nearest ten.

Does 473 round to 470 or 480?

First find the place that you are

rounding to…

3 is less than 5

Circle the digit in the tens place and draw an arrow to

the place behind it

471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480470

So 473 rounds down to

470

Does 473 round to 470 or 480?

First find the number in the tens

place

476

7 is more than 5, so round to 500

Round 333 to the

nearest hundred.

Try it on your own.

Round 333 to the

nearest hundred.

Try it on your own.

Round 768 to the

nearest hundred.

Try it on your own.

Round 243 to the

nearest ten.

Try it on your own.

Round 67 to the

nearest ten.

Try it on your own.

Round 83 to the

nearest ten.