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ACARA AC9M5N08, Estimate with rational numbers

Year 5 ยท Number

Approximate solutions to problems involving fractions, decimals and percentages, including money, using suitable estimation strategies.

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Teaching guide

What students learn

Approximate solutions to problems involving fractions, decimals and percentages, including money, using suitable estimation strategies.

How to teach it

Use a number line to see which ten/hundred a number is closest to. Underline the rounding digit and check the digit to its right.

Worked example
Round 14 to the nearest 10:
Answer: 10

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Watch out for

Rounding to the wrong place, and the exact-halfway case (5 rounds up) being applied inconsistently.

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