Basic 6Mathematics18 min

Compare and Round Large Numbers

Learners estimate inter-school sports attendance estimates.

Compare and round large whole numbers using place value.

Sports prefects from different schools report attendance, and the class must rank the crowds and give useful rounded estimates.

Compare and Round Large Numbers illustration

Learners estimate inter-school sports attendance estimates.

Compare 482,650 and 478,900, then round 482,650 to the nearest ten thousand.

  1. Compare from left to right: both have 4 hundred-thousands, but 482,650 has 8 ten-thousands and 478,900 has 7.
  2. 482,650 is greater, and it is closer to 480,000 than 490,000, so it rounds to 480,000.