Stage 3 · Fractions & Decimals

3.6.4 Approximate Quotients and Rounding

3.6 The Four Operations with Decimals: Line Up the Decimal Point

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3.6.4 Approximate Quotients and Rounding

Core idea

When it doesn't divide evenly, keep as many places as you need, look at the next digit to round, and write the result with ≈.

Module goal. Master the methods for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals, understand why the point moves where it does, and learn to round and handle repeating cases.
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