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Expand on prior knowledge of place value to teach your class how to round whole numbers. This essential skill is explained with the help of a number line before introducing the explicit rules for rounding numbers up and down. Work through the practice problems as a class, then check for understanding by assigning students the assessment questions. Best suited for fourth grade; this is a nice supplement to an introductory instructional activity on rounding whole numbers.
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Pros
- Uses a number line to visually demonstrate what it means to round a number
- Includes practice with rounding to wide range of place values
- Allows teacher to print step-by-step instructions and guided practice problems
Cons
- Only includes one example of using the number line to round
- Requires background knowledge of place value into the billions