Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.
- Assessment Limits :
Items may contain decimals to the thousandths with the greatest place value to the millions. The least place value a decimal may be rounded to is the hundredths place. - Calculator :
No
- Context :
Allowable
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question:
Select all the numbers that round to 4.3 when rounded to the nearest tenth.
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MS: Multiselect
- Test Item #: Sample Item 2
- Question:
What is 3.149 rounded to the nearest hundredth?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: EE: Equation Editor
- Test Item #: Sample Item 3
- Question:
This question has two parts.
An unknown number is not equal to 3.6 but rounds to 3.6 when rounded to the nearest tenth.
Part A. What could be the unknown number?
Part B. What does the unknown number round to when rounded to the nearest whole?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: EE: Equation Editor
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MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are given four numbers and asked to round each to the nearest whole number and to explain their reasoning.
Students are given four numbers and asked to round each to the nearest tenth and to explain their reasoning.
Students are given four numbers and asked to round each to the nearest thousandth and to explain their reasoning.
Note: Three of the numbers are decimals to the ten-thousandths place and one number is to the hundred-thousandths place. If students are not ready for rounding larger decimals to the thousandths place, use an alternate MFAS task that rounds to the hundredths, tenths, or whole number.
Students are asked to round numbers given in a context to the nearest hundredth.
Note: The decimals students are rounding in this task extend past the thousandths place. If students are not ready for rounding larger decimals to the hundredths place, use an alternate MFAS task that rounds to the hundredths, tenths, or whole number.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5
Explore rounding decimals through the thousandths place as you help Tyrese the Turtle train to race the hare in this interactive tutorial.
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Explore rounding decimals through the thousandths place as you help Tyrese the Turtle train to race the hare in this interactive tutorial.
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Educational Game
This fun and interactive game helps practice estimation skills, using various operations of choice, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, using decimals, fractions, and percents.
Various levels of difficulty make this game appropriate for multiple age and ability levels.
Addition/Subtraction: The addition and subtraction of whole numbers, the addition and subtraction of decimals.
Multiplication/Division: The multiplication and addition of whole numbers.
Percentages: Identify the percentage of a whole number.
Fractions: Multiply and divide a whole number by a fraction, as well as apply properties of operations.
Type: Educational Game