Mathematics Pratomsuksa 5 Chapter 1

Notes

Whole Numbers

Rounding off whole numbers

Example: Round off 27, 684 to the nearest

(a) ten
(b) thousand
(a)

hundreds
thousands
ten thousands

tens
(contains digit to be rounded)

ones
(contains
digit to be
considered)

4 is less than 5, so retain 8 and replace the digit to the right of 8,

that is 4, with zero.
So, 27, 684

(b)

rounded off to
the nearest ten

thousands
(contains digit
to be rounded)

27,680

hundreds
(contains digit to
be considered)

6 is more than 5, so add 1 to 7 to get 8 and replace all digits to the

right of 7, that is 6, 8 and 4, with zeros.
So, 27, 684

rounded off to
the nearest thousand

28,000

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Mathematics Pratomsuksa 5 Chapter 1

Exercises

A Round off each of the following numbers to the nearest

ten.

Number

Nearest ten

Number

Nearest ten

82

80

78

80

515

520

823

820

3,429

3,430

6,778

6,780

13,211

13,210

92,688

92,690

333,216

333,220

762,575

762,580

8,926,177

8,926,180

25,626,313

25,626,310

B Round off the following to the nearest ten.

1. The length of Rama VIII Bridge is 475 meters.
The length of Rama VIII Bridge is about

480

meters.

2. There are 15,242 bottles of mineral water in the warehouse.

There are about

warehouse.

15,240

bottles of mineral water in the

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Exercises

Mathematics Pratomsuksa 5 Chapter 1

C Round off the following numbers to the nearest hundred.

Number

Nearest
hundred

Nearest
hundred

Number

342

300

769

800

2,629

2,600

6,134

6,100

72,163

72,200

48,729

48,700

342,228

342,200

642,550

642,600

2,142,652

2,142,700

411,217,990

411,218,000

12,547,103

12,547,100

72,894,383

72,894,400

D Round off the following to the nearest hundred.

1. The distance from Bangkok to Phuket is 862 km.
The distance from Bangkok to Phuket is about

900

km.

2. A market trader sold 102,729 boxes of apples a year.

A market trader sold about

102,700

boxes of apples a year.

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Mathematics Pratomsuksa 5 Chapter 1

Exercises

E Round off the following numbers to the nearest thousand.

Number

Nearest
thousand

Number

Nearest
thousand

2,429

2,000

8,788

9,000

35,501

36,000

64,399

64,000

736,600

737,000

341,499

341,000

3,627,349

3,627,000

9,129,729

9,130,000

24,837,519

24,838,000

63,749,393

63,749,000

56,499,666

56,500,000

32,200,991

32,201,000

F Round off the following to the nearest thousand.

1. The population of Bangkok is 8,160,522.
The population of Bangkok is about

8,161,000

2. Shop Y sold 8,409,399 exercise books.

Shop Y sold about

8,409,000

exercise books.

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Mathematics Pratomsuksa 5 Chapter 1

Exercises

G Round off each of the following numbers to the nearest ten,

hundred and thousand.

Number

Nearest ten

Nearest
hundred

Nearest
thousand

2,436

2,440

2,400

2,000

8,753

8,750

8,800

9,000

32,429

32,430

32,400

32,000

46,796

46,800

46,800

47,000

399,652

399,650

399,700

400,000

696,711

696,710

696,700

697,000

2,714,388

2,714,390

2,714,400

2,714,000

6,216,395

6,216,400

6,216,400

6,216,000

73,549,376

73,549,380

73,549,400

73,549,000

56,699,560

56,699,560

56,699,600

56,700,000

35,516,357

35,516,360

35,516,400

35,516,000

89,124,999

89,125,000

89,125,000

89,125,000

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Mathematics Pratomsuksa 5 Chapter 1

Mastery Practice

Mas t e r y

P r ac t i ce
7. A company made a profit of
B239,625 in one year. What is
this figure to the nearest ten?
A B239,630
B B239,600
C B240,000
D B200,000

1. Round off 3,219 to the nearest

ten.
A 3,210
C 3,200
B 3,220
D 3,000
2. Round off 37,525 to the nearest
hundred.
A 40,000
C 37,500
B 38,000
D 37,530

8. The number of people an

aeroplane can carry is 328.
What is this figure to the
nearest ten?
A 320
B 330
C 400
D 500

3. Round off 728,364 to the

nearest thousand.
A 730,000
C 728,400
B 728,000
D 728,360
4. Which of the following
numbers becomes 27,000
when rounded off to the
nearest thousand?
A 26,480
C 27,480
B 26,380
D 27,580

9. The exact number of tickets

sold was 13,872. This number
was reported in the newspaper
to the nearest hundred. What
was that figure?
A 13,872
B 13,870
C 13,900
D 14,000

5. Which of the following

numbers becomes 95,390
when rounded off to the
nearest ten?
A 95,382
C 95,392
B 95,370
D 95,399

10. The distance between

Bangkok and Hawaii is 12,739
km. What is this distance when
rounded off to the nearest
thousand?
A 13,000
B 12,700
C 12,600
D 12,000

6. Which of the following

numbers becomes 140,000
when rounded off to the
nearest hundred?
A 139,260
C 139,921
B 139,961
D 140,100
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