Ep 120: Rounding
Math is Figure-Out-Able!
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How Far Is 53 From 50?
Kim: You're actually asking students to figure out more than we typically do. So if I, same thing, I would put 53 down on a piece of paper and say, oh, it's between zero and 100. What 100 is it between? Yeah. And so then I would say it's 53 away from zero and it's 47 away from 100. It's all about where it is on that number line. As you modeled and as students got better with considering those numbers, I also found that their jumps on their number line got nicer, got more in line with proportional.
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