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Place Value and Rounding

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Place Value and Rounding

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🎯 WALT: Recognise place value to hundred-thousands and round to nearest thousands

📊 Part 1: Place Value Recognition

1. What is the value of the digit 7 in the number 372,845?

7

70

70,000

700,000

2. Write this number in expanded form: 156,923

156,923 = _______ × 100,000 + _______ × 10,000 + _______ × 1,000 + _______ × 100 + _______ × 10 + _______ × 1

3. What number is shown in this place value breakdown?

4 × 100,000 + 8 × 10,000 + 0 × 1,000 + 5 × 100 + 2 × 10 + 7 × 1 = _______________

4. Circle the digit in the thousands place:

2 9 4 , 6 3 7

🎯 Part 2: Rounding to Nearest Thousands

5. Round these numbers to the nearest thousand:

a) 23,456 → _______________

b) 187,832 → _______________

c) 345,499 → _______________

d) 92,500 → _______________

6. A school has 4,678 students. What is this number rounded to the nearest thousand?

4,000

5,000

4,700

4,680

7. Explain why 67,500 rounds to 68,000 when rounding to the nearest thousand:

💰 Part 3: Real-World Estimation

8. You're planning a school party. Estimate the total cost by rounding each item to the nearest dollar first:

Decorations: $23.95 → $______

Food: $156.78 → $______

Music equipment: $89.25 → $______

Estimated total cost: $______

9. A town's population is 127,845. The mayor wants to round this to the nearest thousand for a speech. What number should the mayor use?
10. Extension Challenge: If you have $50,000 to spend on school improvements and you estimate costs as: Library books $12,450, Computers $28,750, Playground equipment $15,890. Do you have enough money? Show your estimation work:

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