Students learn about accuracy when rounding decimal numbers.  Learning progresses from rounding to one decimal place using a number line to any decimal place using written methods.  More able students consider the limits of accuracy when a number has been rounded.

Differentiated Learning Objectives

• All students should be able to round a number to the first decimal place.
• Most students should be able to round a number to any given decimal place.
• Some students should be able to determine the upper and lower bound when a number has been rounded to a decimal place.

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Working with Decimal Numbers 

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