Place value - Rounding to the nearest 10 - Worksheet

The worksheet titled "Rounding to the Nearest 10" is an educational resource designed to teach children the concept of rounding numbers to the nearest multiple of ten. It aligns with the National Curriculum objective of being able to round any number to the nearest ten. To facilitate learning, the worksheet provides differentiated sheets and teaching slides. The key vocabulary includes terms such as rounding, place value, thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones, which are crucial for understanding the rounding process. The worksheet encourages children to consider the position of a number in relation to multiples of ten and to use number lines as a visual aid for determining whether to round a number up or down.

During the lesson, students are prompted with questions to deepen their understanding, such as identifying multiples of ten around a given number, determining which column to look at when rounding to the nearest ten, and deciding what to do if the number is five. Through a series of exercises, children practice rounding 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by examining ones digits and using number lines before progressing to more complex representations. The worksheet also includes reasoning and problem-solving sections where children must choose correct numbers and justify their rounding decisions. For example, they are asked to find possible numbers that would round to two hundred and forty, or to determine the two different two-digit numbers that round to thirty with a difference of five between them. These activities aim to enhance fluency and precision in rounding numbers to the nearest ten.