Mark wants to travel from city A to city B. The distance between them is 92 km.
How can we describe this distance to the nearest 10?
a
Is it 90 km?
✓ Yes (90 km)
b
Is it 100 km?
✗ No
before you answer, look at the line Number.
92 is closer to 90 or 100?
90
Exercise 1
Round the following numbers to the nearest 10?
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John saved $280.
Dad: How much do you have, John?
John: I have $280.
Dad: Can you round the number you said to
the nearest 100?
Can you help John answer his dad?
About how much do you think? $200 or $300.
Why?
$300 — Because 280 is closer to 300 than 200.
Exercise 2
Round to the nearest 100.
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Lily decided to travel from Amman (The capital of Jordan) to Riyadh
(The capital of Saudi Arabia). She noticed that the distance is 1446 km.
Round the distance to the nearest 1000. Is 1446 close to 1000, or to 2000 km?
Why?
1000 km — Because 1446 is closer to 1000 than 2000.
Exercise 3
Round to the nearest 1000.
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