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3rd grade math · Unit 3: Place value to 10,000

Rounding: closer to which?

What this lesson shows

428 between 400 and 500, 450 in the middle, and the closer end. Grade 4's video.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 428 to the nearest hundred. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Between which two?
  2. Mark the middle
  3. Put the number on the line
  4. Pick the closer end

Helping at home

Name the number in the place you round to: 428 is 4 hundreds and 28 ones, so it sits between 400 and 500. Draw a number line from one to the other, mark the middle, and put the number on it. It rounds to the closer end.

If your kid gets stuck

Which two round numbers is it between?

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 3.NBT.A.1
    Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
Matches standards in 48 statesSee each state's code

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