LET’S TRY ONE
Round 1,267 to the nearest 100.
1,300
1,267 lies past 1,250, so it is closer to 1,300 than 1,200.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Choose the nearer neighboring hundred.
- Use the halfway value to decide which hundred is nearer.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Write or draw your own example with different numbers. Solve it, then ask a partner to check the method as well as the answer.
Use the halfway value to decide which hundred is nearer.