Year 8 · Maths
Round and approximate numbers appropriately in Year 8 Maths
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Focus on rounding numbers and decimal places. Open support for “Convert Between Metric and Imperial Units”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 8 learners practise rounding numbers and decimal places.
The activities include Convert Between Metric and Imperial Units, Estimate By Rounding to One Significant Figure, Round a Decimal Number to 1 Decimal Place, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Convert Between Metric and Imperial Units — support from YouTube — Corbettmaths
- Estimate By Rounding to One Significant Figure — support from YouTube - Cognito
- Round a Decimal Number to 1 Decimal Place — support from Oak National Academy
- Round a Decimal Number to 2 Decimal Places — support from Oak National Academy
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Converting metric and imperial units video
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Estimating calculations by rounding video
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Rounding to a chosen number of decimal places video
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Converting metric and imperial units worked-example lesson
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Converting metric units for area and volume
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Estimation and rounding
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Estimating calculations worked examples
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Converting metric and imperial units practice
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Estimating calculations practice
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Rounding decimal places practice questions
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