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#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Ready to use

#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

Rounding numbers was split into 3 separate questions.

#### Christian Lawson-Perfect4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Ready to use

#### Christian Lawson-Perfect4 years, 1 month ago

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This is a good question. I like how the second number in part a alwyas forces you to round up to the next hundred.

It might be worth splitting each part off into its own question.

#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Needs to be tested

#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Has some problems

#### Elliott Fletcher4 years, 1 month ago

Hi Stanislav,

In parts,a,b and c, in each question i would write "rounded to" instead of "to". For example, "66565 rounded to the nearest 10" instead of "66565 to the nearest 10". I just think it reads slightly better.

Part a) i) You say "the following digit is 5, so we round up, increasing 5 by one, becoming 6.", but i think you meant to say "the following digit is 5, so we round up, increasing 6 by one, becoming 7."

a) ii) I would say "Look at digit 5 in the hundreds column", instead of "Look at digit 5", in case the student gets confused with the 5 which is the last digit.

iii) Same as for ii)

v) I don't think the 9 needs to be in brackets.

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ii) and iii) I would write "The" at the start of each sentence.

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In the opening paragraph, i would write "up to the nth number of places" instead of "up to nth number of places".

iv) I think there should be a space between "7and" and "is5". I would also put "These are our 4 significant figures" at the end of the sentence, after you have finished all of the rounding.

#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Needs to be tested

#### Vicky Hall4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Has some problems

#### Vicky Hall4 years, 1 month ago

In the advice you say '295 rounded to the nearest ten is 300 and NOT 2100'. I don't think this is a common mistake! I would remove this line and instead explain that sometimes the nearest ten is also the nearest hundred. You should add an extra question at the very start where the nearest ten is not also the nearest hundred.

When adding subparts to questions, you don't need a full stop and a parenthesis. Just use the parenthesis.

#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

Gave some feedback: Needs to be tested

#### Stanislav Duris4 years, 1 month ago

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Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures Ready to use Stanislav Duris 20/11/2019 14:42
Stanislav's copy of Rounding numbers before changing numbers Should not be used Stanislav Duris 22/06/2017 14:27
Rounding numbers to a given number of decimal places Ready to use Stanislav Duris 20/11/2019 14:42
Rounding numbers to the nearest powers of ten Ready to use Stanislav Duris 20/11/2019 14:42
Hannah's copy of Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures draft Hannah Bartholomew 14/09/2017 11:19
Hannah's copy of Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures draft Hannah Bartholomew 14/09/2017 11:28
Harry's copy of Hannah's copy of Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures draft Harry Flynn 18/01/2019 14:13
Significant Figures draft Harry Flynn 25/01/2019 09:59
Lyn's copy of Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures draft Lyn Gardner 17/05/2020 23:56
Ahmed's copy of Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures draft Ahmed Al-Razaz 02/10/2020 12:49
Rounding numbers to decimal places draft Ahmed Al-Razaz 06/10/2020 19:36
Rounding numbers to a given number of significant figures Ready to use Melissa D'Ascenzio 12/06/2020 15:26
Rounding numbers to a given number of decimal places Ready to use Melissa D'Ascenzio 12/06/2020 15:24
Rounding numbers to the nearest powers of ten Ready to use Melissa D'Ascenzio 12/06/2020 15:28
Rounding numbers to a given number of figures Needs to be tested Lisa Koster 15/06/2020 23:15
2 -Rounding numbers to a given number of figures Ready to use Lisa Koster 15/06/2020 23:21
2 -Rounding numbers to a given number of figures draft Lisa Koster 16/06/2020 01:28
Rounding numbers to a given number of decimal places draft Ruth Hand 17/02/2021 18:50

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