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Math in real life

In the Holidays I went to the shops for my mum.

My mum told me that she wanted a fizzy drink and for me to get a drink and some sweets.

My mum’s drink cost £1 and my drink cost 60p so I had to work out how much I could spend. I had a ten pound note so I needed to check I would get the right change.

The shopping cost £1.60 so I worked out I would need £8.40 change.

That’s maths in real life!

How to round numbers.

If you are rounding 5 to the nearest 10 it will round up to ten. So if it is 5 higher it round up so if it is 4 lower it will round down, so 64 rounded to the nearest ten it will be 60 because it is a 4 so it will round down.So if you are rounding 126 to the nearest ten it will be …