LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS V

I. Objective
Round decimals to the nearest tenths/hundredths/thousandths
II. Learning Content
Skills: Rounding decimals to the nearest tenths/hundredths/thousandths
Reference: BEC PELC II.F.2.2 Mathematics for Everyday Use 5 pp.144-145
Materials: Flash Cards, Chart, Activity Cards
Value: Speed and Accuracy
III. Learning Experiences
A. Preparatory Activities
1. Drill (Using flash cards)
Rounding of whole numbers
Round off the underlined digit.
1. 34 567
2. 2 398
3. 12 394
4. 76 360
5. 973
2. Review
Identifying place value through thousandths
Mechanics:
a. The teacher will ask a pupil to choose a number and identify its place value.
b. To check if his/her answer is correct; the pupil will pull down a paper behind the
chosen number.
12.345
3. Motivation
The teacher will tell a story about a princess who likes to sleep in on Saturdays and her
father who uses the idea of rounding in a way that made her feel that she had to get up.
B. Developmental Activities
Group Activity
Group 1
Joaquin bought a rope at Ace Hardware. A roll of rope is 0.437 dm long. It is divided
equally into sections of 0.1535 dm. How can we round 0.437 to the nearest hundredths
and 0.1535 to the nearest thousandths?
Answer the following:
A. What is asked in the problem?
B. What are the given facts?
C. Round 0.785 to the nearest hundredths
D. Round 1.264 to the nearest tenths?
Group 2
Round off the decimal to the indicated place value.
Tenths Hundredths Thousandths
0.815
62.421
0.9349
11.984
2.045
Group 3
Underline the rounding place of each number and then, round it as required.
a. 0.465 to the nearest tenths
b. 9.135 to the nearest tenths
c. 14.678 to the nearest hundredths
d. 12.438 to the nearest hundredths
e. 15.19 to the nearest whole number

Group 4
Round off the underlined digit.
a. 6.735
b. 4.109
c. 0.3689
d. 13.285
e. 0.341
C. Processing the Result of Activity
Ask the following to the pupils:
How do we round decimals?
What are the rules in rounding off decimals?
Provide more examples
D. Reinforcing Activity
Instructional Game
Mechanics:
The teacher will divide the class into two or more teams. A player from one team goes to
the board and answers the first number. If correct, the team wins a point. A member of the
next team answers the second number, and continues in this manner.
Number
Round to the
Digit to the
Rounded to
nearest
right
1.) 8.355
Hundredths
2.) 4.72
Tenths
3.) 81.569
Hundredths
4.) 0.0546
Thousandths
5.) 0.6384
Thousandths
6.) 11.320
Tenths
E. Applying to New and Other Situation
(Solve Me)
Your mother asked you to buy 2.468 kilograms of chicken for dinner. What is the
mass of the chicken when rounded to the nearest hundredth?
F. Summarizing the Lesson
Let the pupils answer the questions.
What is the rule to be followed when rounding decimals?
To round decimal number:
- Determine the rounding place.
- Look at the digit at its right. If it is less than 5 round down. If it is 5 or more,
round up.
- Drop all the digit/s to its right.
IV. Evaluation
Underline the rounding place of each number and then, round it as required.
1. 0.362
to the nearest hundredths
____________
2. 0.187
to the nearest tenths
____________
3. 10.239
to the nearest hundredths
____________
4. 20.5469
to the nearest thousandths
____________
5. 43.8475
to the nearest thousandths
____________
V. Agreement
Round 85.81267 to the nearest place value indicated.
a. Tenths
__________
b. Hundredths
__________
c. Thousandths
__________
d. Ones
__________
e. Tens
__________
Prepared by:
Mrs. Angeline O. Ambrocio