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Rounding whole numbers: 2

Video Rounding whole numbers: 2

TLF ID M011490

This is a video demonstration of rounding a whole number to the nearest thousand. In the commentary, the presenter explains the thinking behind the process of rounding such numbers and presents a visual representation of rounding whole numbers using a number line. Practice questions with answers are included, and hints are available with explanations given both in terms of rules for rounding numbers and the position of the number on the number line.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • The video, audio commentary and practice questions with solutions are useful for students who are developing their ideas about rounding whole numbers. Relating the thinking process to the visual representation on a number line is particularly useful.
  • The resource is of use in relation to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions in year 5 about place value and rounding whole numbers.
  • Teachers will find the resource useful for providing students with reusable sets of practice questions and for observing students' understanding of place value concepts.
Year level

5

Topics Accuracy and precision Rounding
Learning area
  • Mathematics

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Khan Academy
  • Organization: Khan Academy
  • Address: UNITED STATES
  • URL: http://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Khan Academy
  • Organization: Khan Academy
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: UNITED STATES
  • URL: http://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Video
Rights
  • Resource: © Khan Academy, 2012, except where indicated otherwise. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA) 3.0 United States licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/. ‘Moving image’* image: © Education Services Australia Limited 2012. You may use, reproduce and communicate this image for non-commercial educational purposes provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the image.