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.