How it works
Find the place. The digit next door decides.
If the next digit is 5 or more, round up. If it is less than 5, stay.
Everything after the place becomes zeros.
Worked examples
To the nearest thousand
- 6488 to the nearest thousand ?
- 6488: the hundreds digit is 4.
- 4 is less than 5, so stay at 6000.
- So the answer is 6000.
To the nearest hundred thousand
- 132569 to the nearest hundred thousand ?
- 132569: the ten thousands digit is 3.
- 3 is less than 5, so 100000.
- So the answer is 100000.
A carry
- 99999 to the nearest ten ?
- 99999 to the nearest ten: the ones digit is 9.
- Round up, and it carries to 100000.
- So the answer is 100000.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- 6444 to the nearest ten __
- 5143 to the nearest ten __
- 5486 to the nearest hundred __
- 5674 to the nearest hundred __
- 2071 to the nearest thousand __