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5th grade math · Unit 1: Decimal place value

Name the two neighbors

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

29.834 to the nearest tenth sits between 29.8 and 29.9, not 29 and 30.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 29.834 to the nearest tenth. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Neighbors in that place
  2. Find halfway
  3. Closer to which?

Helping at home

The two neighbors are in the place you round to: to the nearest tenth, they are tenths, like 29.8 and 29.9, not 29 and 30. Then see which side of halfway the number falls.

If your kid gets stuck

Count by the place you round to.

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 5.NBT.A.4
    Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.
Matches standards in 46 statesSee each state's code

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