2. Rounding Off Numbers
1. To the nearest tens
2. To the nearest hundreds
3. To the nearest thousands
4. To the nearest ten thousands
5. To the nearest hundred
thousands
6. To the nearest millions

3. Place Value Chart
Hund Ten Milli Hund Ten Thou Hund Tens Ones
red Milli ons red thous sands reds
milli ons thous ands
ons ands
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
8 9 4 6 9 8 9 8 7
3 6 7 7 5 3 7 4 8
7 3 7 5 8 1 9 7 9

4. Rules in Rounding Off Numbers
Round up if the digit on the right of the number to be
rounded is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
Round down if the digit on the right of the number to
be rounded is 1, 2, 3, or 4.
See place value chart

5. The following numbers are rounded to the nearest
tens.
4, 566 – 4, 570
87, 547 – 87, 550
964 - 960
478 - 480
784 - 780

6. The following numbers are rounded to the nearest
hundreds.
567 - 600
75, 543 – 75, 500
9, 665 – 9, 700
7, 857 – 7, 900
656 - 700
See numbers rounded to the nearest thousands

7. The following numbers are rounded to the nearest
thousands
6, 324 – 6, 000
7, 588 – 8, 000
8, 246 – 8, 000
1, 768 – 2, 000
2, 468 – 2, 000

8. The following numbers are rounded to the nearest
ten thousands.
17, 448 – 20, 000
743, 856 – 740, 000
46, 695 – 50, 000
963, 786 – 960, 000
57, 785, 886 – 57, 790, 000

9. The following numbers are rounded to the nearest
hundred thousands.
6, 423, 824, 632 – 6, 423, 800, 000
1, 234, 567, 899 – 1, 234, 600, 000
8, 765, 432, 198 – 8, 765, 400, 000
2, 468, 121, 416 – 2, 468, 100, 000
3, 691, 215, 161 – 3, 691, 200, 000

10. The following numbers are rounded to the nearest
millions
1, 456, 785 – 1, 000,000
3, 767, 368 – 4,000, 000
9, 648, 367 -1o, 000, 000
9, 756, 647, 896 – 10, 000, 000
8, 535, 964 -9, 000, 000