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Teachers' Lounge Discussion: How do I teach rounding to fourth graders who just don't seem to get it?

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From: Roy <wakeupdad@yahoo.com>
To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2009100621:29:41
Subject: Re: rounding to the greatest place

In rounding to the greatest place, you have to decide how to round the
leftmost number based on the number next to it.

17 = 20
73 = 70
289 = 300
27 = 30

The rounded numbers add up to 420.

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