obermom asks
13 years ago
How is is possible that fifth graders never learned to round? :-(
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dragonchick06
13 years ago
dunno, but you could teach them! make a game out of it
obermom says
13 years ago
I've decided it goes back to place value and the whole lack of number sense. Do I work on rounding or do I go back to square one?
LisaNWOSU2000 says
13 years ago
I have 8th and 9th that can't round. Used to calculator doing everything so not have to think.
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dragonchick06
13 years ago
but calculators can't round
SaraR says
13 years ago
It's the same reason when I ask 6th graders what direction they think north is, they all point up. They don't see the use.
LisaNWOSU2000
13 years ago
on the calculators, they ask someone who knows where the place is how many past the decimal, then write the numbers to that point without
LisaNWOSU2000
13 years ago
looking one more to see which way to round.
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