comparing practice - this link brings you to Khan Academy - it may ask you to log in. You may log in with your Google Account and give the practice a try. Feel free to watch any of the videos on comparing.
We round to estimate and to make numbers easier to work with when you do not need an exact answer.
Watch this review video and practice questions. Use your school account to log in.
Here is an additional practice video.
Practice: Try the rounding game found on the funbrain site.
Challenge: Mystery Number: watch the video. Hit pause and take a guess. Then watch the rest of the video to see if you were correct. Is there more than one answer?
<-----You will need to know how to use the standard algorithm to add and subtract mutlidigit numbers.
Need extra practice?
Grab scrap paper or a whiteboard.
Watch the video above and follow along with Sal. Press play and pause so you have enough time to set up each problem.
You will notice that he sets up the standard algorithm on the left and his thinking on the right. This thinking section goes away by the third example. Yours should too.
Challenge: 14.023 + 702 = ?
Need extra practice?
Grab scrap paper or a whiteboard.
Watch the video above and follow along with Sal. Press play and pause so you have enough time to set up each problem. Then skip ahead to the final answer to see if you are correct. If you made a mistake, go back and watch the entire video.