When you do not need to speak or write about exact quantities or measures, learning to round numbers to 10, 100 or 1,000 can be useful. It can make calculations easier and it also helps when you ...

Zoey expresses her worries and doubts -- she says she doesn’t know how to round numbers. “The struggle is OK,” Mr. Whelan reassures her, determined to help the kids realize it’s alright to ...

For instance, rounding 4.9 to the nearest whole number will always yield five and rounding 302 to the nearest hundred will always yield 300. But this type of rounding can pose problems for ...