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What is the rule for rounding when estimating?
Rounding is a kind of estimating. To round a number you must first find the rounding digit, or the digit occupying the place value you’re rounding to. Then look at the digit to the right of the rounding digit. If it is less than 5, then leave the rounding digit unchanged.
What is the x10 rule of place value?
1: Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
What is the place value of hundredth?
If a number has a decimal point , then the first digit to the right of the decimal point indicates the number of tenths. For example, the decimal 0.3 is the same as the fraction 310 . The second digit to the right of the decimal point indicates the number of hundredths.
How do you round place value?
In general, to round to a certain place value, look at the digit to the right of that place value and make a decision. Example: 5.1837 to the nearest hundredth would be 5.18 (round down since 3<5 ), but to the nearest thousandth, it is 5.184 (round up because 7≥5 ).
How do you round to the nearest place value?
Look to the next smallest place value, the digit to the right of the place value you’re rounding to. For example, if you want to round to the nearest ten you’d look at the ones place. If the digit in the next smallest place value is less than five (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4), you leave the digit you want to round to as-is.
What is place value method?
During second grade, your child is introduced to the concept of using “place value” (the value of where the digit is in the number, based on the location of the digit) in order to add and subtract numbers. At this age, she will likely become stronger at taking numbers apart and putting them back together.
What is first place value?
Further Exploring Place Value The first place to the left of the decimal point is the ones place, or 10^0. The second place to the left of the decimal is the tens place, or 10^1. The third place to the left of the decimal is the hundreds place, or 10^2.