Tag: place values

Pre-Algebra & Math Basics: Rounding Decimals

In this video, I cover the topic of rounding decimals, a topic that confuses many students. I cover the 3 steps of rounding decimals and use those steps to round decimals to the nearest tenth, hundredth, thousandth and ten thousandth. I also cover the special situations of rounding up on 9, rounding to the nearest dollar and whole number, as well as rounding repeating decimals.

The following problems are covered in the video:

→ Round 8.2748 and 0.9468 to the nearest tenth
→ Round 0.1652 and 6.083 to the nearest tenth
→ Round 1.3975 to the nearest hundredth (Round up on 9)
→ Round 7.615 and 0.8016 to the nearest thousandth
→ Round 9.1738 to one, two, three and four decimal places
→ Round 3.499 and 49.82 to the nearest whole number
→ Round $7.61 to the nearest dollar
→ Round $24.19 to the nearest dollar

The following examples of repeating decimals are also covered:


Below is the video. Enjoy!

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