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4th grade math · Unit 1: Place value to a million

Rounding that rolls over

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

9,960 to the nearest hundred is 10,000: the 9 hundreds roll into a thousand.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 9,960 to the nearest hundred. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Find the two ends
  2. Past the middle: round up
  3. 10 make 1 of the next place
  4. Rounding up gives more

Helping at home

Name the two round numbers it sits between, in the unit you round to: 9,960 is between 99 hundreds and 100 hundreds. 100 hundreds is 10,000. Rounding up always gives a bigger number, so check the answer is bigger.

If your kid gets stuck

Name the two ends in hundreds, tens, or thousands.

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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 4.NBT.A.3
    Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
Matches standards in 48 statesSee each state's code

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