Your Students Don't Have a Rounding Problem...They Have a Place Value Problem

A student rounds 847 to the nearest hundred as 850 and explains it by saying the 7 turns the 4 into a 5. That might not be a rounding problem. Rather than assuming a student just needs more practice, you should probably look at their place value understanding and number sense. This episode connects rounding struggles back to their root cause and walks through a visual way to help students reason about numbers instead of memorizing a rhyme. In this episode, you'll explore: Wh...