E11
Your Students Don't Have a Rounding Problem...They Have a Place Value Problem
From Teaching Math Made Easy · Hosted by Greg Coleman
2026-10-20·653
Episode summary
In this episode of Teaching Math Made Easy: 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.
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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…