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© 2026 Maths ModelledYear 5 · Place value · 1:51 · Short worked example
Rounding to the Nearest 10,000 | 5- and 6-Digit Numbers
Use bounding multiples and halfway to round 83,421 and 397,612 to the nearest 10,000, including a boundary crossing.
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Supporting revision of rounding to 10,000. This video does not introduce rounding to 100,000.
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