Rounding Decimals Game Puzzles - Whole, Tenth, Hundredth, Thousandth - 5.NBT.4

Looking for a fun teaching idea for rounding decimal numbers? Well look no further as Rounding Decimals Game Puzzles, for CCSS 5.NBT.4, will serve as an exciting lesson for 5th grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource for a math center rotation, review exercise, small group work and for an intervention or remediation. It can be also used as an assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this as a homework assignment, students will love working on these at home to improve their skills.

This racing themed puzzle set includes 32 jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a tub or bin for students to use throughout the year when they finish early. It covers rounding multi-digit decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth, hundredth, and thousandth. With the number line, students can visualize the rule of rounding up at 5 or more and rounding down at 4 or less. By solving the questions to round off decimals to the given place value and finding the matching number line model, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your students will love to practice using the method of rounding decimals on a number line to approximate and estimate numbers!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students!

Relevant Common Core Standard 5.NBT.A.4
Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.