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Understand How to Round Numbers to the Nearest Ten Thousand and Hundred Thousand

In this worksheet, students will round numbers up to one million to the nearest ten thousand and hundred thousand.

'Understand How to Round Numbers to the Nearest Ten Thousand and Hundred Thousand' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 5 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Number: Number and Place Value

Curriculum subtopic:   Round Numbers to 1 000 000

Popular topics:   Estimation worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

Round the number 752 835 to the nearest 100 000 and to the nearest 10 000.

 

Read the number first:

752 835 is seven hundred and fifty-two thousand, eight hundred and thirty-five.

Notice the space that separates the thousands. Sometimes there will be a comma there instead of a space.

 

752 835 is between 700 000 and 800 000. 

We place it on this number line to see whether it is closer to 700 000 at the start or 800 000 at the end.

 

Rounding number line

 

It is just past the halfway point, so it is closer to 800 000.

752 835 rounds to 800 000 to the nearest 100 000.

 

Example

Round 752 835 to the nearest 10 000.

 

Answer

Counting in 10 000s, we see that 752 835 is between 750 000 and 760 000.

Place it on a number line like this....

 

Rounding number line

 

It is much closer to 750 000.

752 835 rounds to 750 000 to the nearest 10 000.

 

In this activity, we will be rounding large numbers to the nearest 100 000 and 10 000. 

 

girl thinking

 

Good luck!

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