2 - Rounding Numbers / Round it, and say it!

The Learning - 2 - Math Skills
2 - Rounding Numbers / Round it, and say it!

  Rounding numbers is estimating what the sum, difference, or product is. In other words, it makes the equation easier. For example, like if you have 56+13... I learned this trick from school. "5 or higher? To the top! 4 or lower? To the bottom!" That really means that if the number is 5 or higher, round up. But if the number is 4 or lower, then round down. So, to round 56 to the nearest ten, that means... well is 6 at least 5? Yes it is. So you round it like this. 56 is rounded to 60 because 6 is bigger than 5. To round 673 to the nearest hundred, it's the same thing as to round it to the nearest ten, but now the ones and tens have to 0s. So, is the tens place bigger than 5? I mean, if you're rounding to the nearest hundred, then you look at the second number. If you're rounding 5,135, and you're rounding to the nearest thousand, then still, you're still looking at the second number. If you're rounding any number, it has to be always the second number you're looking at.
  This is a different thing, if you're rounding 596 to the nearest hundred, it's 600 because you're looking at the second number and 9 is bigger than 5. But, if the number is this: 600, and you're asked to round it to the nearest hundred, it's the same thing because 0 is less than 4, of course. So, rounding numbers can be hard, but remember, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

Footnotes
Rounding numbers - that's the point! (line 1, words 1-2)
Estimating - Kind of like guessing. (line 1, word 4)
Difference - the answer of a subtraction equation. (line 1, word 8)
Product - the answer of a multiplication equation. (line 1, word 10)
Nearest ten - round it so the ones place is 0. (line 5, word 7-8)
At least - is it bigger than the number? (line 5, word 14-15)
Nearest hundred - round it so the tens and ones place are 0s. (line 6-7, words 20-1)
Nearest thousand - round it so the hundreds, tens and ones are 0s. (line 10, words 3-4)