Rounding on a Number Line

Looking for a fun interactive teaching idea for rounding large numbers? Well look no further as Rounding Multi-Digit Whole Numbers Game Puzzles, for CCSS 4.NBT.3, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for 4th grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your unit as a guided math center rotation, review exercise, small group work, morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can also be used as a quiz, drill, test, or assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this as a homework assignment, kids will love working on these at home to improve their skills.

This racing themed puzzle set includes 30 colorful jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a tub or bin for students to use throughout the year for enrichment when they finish early. Another idea, for a project, is students can glue the completed puzzles into a notebook or journal as a reference sheet. They can also be glued on a poster for displaying on a bulletin board or as a wall anchor chart.

It covers rounding whole numbers to the nearest 1,000, nearest 10,000, nearest 100,000, and nearest 1,000,000. With the number line, students can visualize the rule of rounding up at 5 or more and rounding down at 4 or less. By solving the questions to round off numbers to the given place value and finding the matching number line model, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your 4th graders will love to practice and learn to develop the strategy of using the method of rounding on a number line to approximate and estimate numbers!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students! So set those worksheets aside and give our puzzles a try!

Relevant Grade 4 Common Core Standard 4.NBT.A.3
Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
Cross Reference: Texas TEKS 4.2D and Virginia SOL 4.1C