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Monday, November 1, 2010

Math 6 Honors (Period 6 and 7)

Rounding 3-5 (continued)

Round the following number to the designated place value:
509.690285

tenths: 509.690285
You underline the place value you are rounding to and look directly to the right. If it is 0-4 you round down; if it is 5-9 you round up 1.
so here we round to
509.7

hundredths
509.690285
becomes 509.69

hundred-thousandths
509.690285
becomes
509.69029

tens
509.690285
becomes
510

(a) What is the least whole number that satisfies the following condition?

(b) What is the greatest whole number that satisfies the following condition?
A whole number rounded to the nearest ten is 520.
Well, 515, 516, 517, 58, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524 all would round to 520
so

(a) 515
(b) 524

A whole number rounded to the nearest ten is 650
(a) 645
(b) 654

A whole number rounded to the nearest hundred is 1200
(a) 1150
(b) 1249
How about these...
(a) What is the least possible amount of money that satisfies the following condition?
(b) What is the greatest possible amount?

A sum of money, rounded to the nearest dollar is $57
(a) $56.50
9b) $57.49

A sum of money rounded to the nearest ten dollars $4980
(a) $4975
(b) $4984.99

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