Rounding Numbers

Rounding Numbers

• Rounding makes numbers that are easier to work with in your head.
• Use rounding to get an answer that is close but that does not have to be exact.

How to round numbers
• Make the numbers that end in 1 through 4 into the next lower number that ends in 0. For example, 74 rounded to the nearest ten would be 70.
• Numbers that end in a digit of 5 or more should be rounded up to the next even ten. The number 88 rounded to the nearest ten would be 90.