- Find the place you're rounding to.
- Look at the digit just to its right.
- If it's 5 or more, round up. If it's 4 or less, keep the digit the same.
- Change the digits to the right to 0.
Work through it
Round to the nearest hundred.
The hundreds digit is 4. The next digit is 8.
8 is 5 or more, so round up: .
Round to the nearest ten.
The tens digit is 8. The next digit is 2.
2 is less than 5, so keep the 8: .
Watch out for this
Rounding to the nearest hundred gives , because 7 rounds the 4 up.
Only look at the digit right next to the place. The tens digit is 4, so rounds to .
Your turn
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