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60
Six tens have value sixty.
Class 3 · English Medium · Pearson Edexcel · Mathematics
Place value, rounding and number patterns
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Use hundreds, tens and ones to read a number. Rounding to the nearest ten chooses the closest multiple of ten.
Worked example
463 = 400 + 60 + 3. The nearest ten is 460 because 463 is 3 away from 460 and 7 from 470.
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350
347 is closer to 350 than 340.
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180
Add twenty each time.
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Apply the idea in a new situation and explain your method. Open writing needs a guardian or teacher to review it.
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80
The eight is in the tens place.
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670
674 is four away from 670 and six from 680.
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Compare hundreds first, then tens. The hundreds match, but 450 has five tens and 405 has none, so 450 is greater.
Compare place values from the left.
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