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Rounding Rhyme
By westwood
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I too struggled with this until I came upon this rhyme (from Mailbox). They really seemed to get it when I had them do it. Hope it works for you.
Find your place (have them underline the number they are rounding to)
Look next door (draw an arrow to the number on the right)
5 or greater add one more (they then write below the number, either
the one number more or keep it )
All digits in front stay the same (write down all digits in front)
All digits behind zero's your nme (write zeros for the number after)
This was kind of hard to | |
explain but it actually helps those visual learners understand how to do it. If I have a student missing too many, I pull them aside and go over the steps with them. They usually can do it after that.
Here is the rhyme without all the instructions added:
Find your place
Look next door
5 or greater, add 1 more
All digits in front stay the same
All digits behind, zero's your name!
Good luck!
Good luck!
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