Math help??? Has anyone here in MyLot land ever heard of Front End Rounding?

that part of it I understood, but then they did more mixed numbers and I went to like your saying 5000 and it wasn't right, I guess because it was like 4565 and I think they wanted 4600 not the 5000 but I wasn't understanding how I was to know the difference. I don't think I explained it right but I thought some numbers one time I droped and the next time I did the same and it was wrong. Thanks for your help.

That was me, too. I tried a website and couldn't get it and in the labs it explained it but I just have a hard time learning something new, especially when it comes to the math so I was hoping on here I could find someone to explain it better or more detail. Thanks for trying.

Hmmm, that didn't copy over right when I hit enter. The example I used is: 5587 + 833 = 6420; the example with it front rounded would be: 5500 + 800 = 6300 I don't know why the spacing came out that way (above)?!? Sorry 'bout that!

Brave? Nope; perplexed with the new math: yes!! See, now that's exactly what I thought at first, and how I was taught to do rounding. 5587 would become 5600. I don't know who or why they came up with this new kind of rounding, but to me it doesn't make it one bit easier. And as far as that goes, I think it actually makes it harder to figure out! As far as the lab coming up with the same #...I've noticed on our schools website, as well as homework examples, have it wrong, and then we get a note from the teacher that it printed wrong or something. Duh?! And they wonder why American kids have problems with math? Haha, they should go back to the old way of teaching math, it was easier to understand, and it actually made sense!! Good luck Christmas!

You are a very brave grandmother! I remember when my daughter started algebra in school and I sent her to the neighbor to do the homework. I thought I would have my granddaugher (her oldest!) help me but mom informed me that she's flunking algebra. I just hope this has nothing to do with algebra! I start the college algebra class next week and I was doing the labs today to refresh my math and I just could not get this type of rounding. I think I have it, like you explained it, and when I enter the numbers - it tells me I am wrong! Ha! One of them I kept putting the number in and it kept telling me I was wrong and no matter how I worked it I came up with the same #! I finally went through their lab explanation and I swear they came up with the same #...maybe I reversed a number and just didn't see it? I think looking at your example what I am doing is rounding 5587 to 5600 and your saying it should be 5500. If I am lucky I won't have any more of those labs! Thanks so much for your explanation.

It amazes me that everyone I ask has no idea what I am talking about. I am hoping its only in these labs and nothing I will have to have mastered. I remember my mom trying to help me with my homework (60's) and she couldn't do it. I had noonne else to help me so this is probably why I had/have so much trouble with math....I can still remember having my fingers slapped with a ruler because the teacher thought I was counting on my fingers when I was in 2nd grade! I think my kids were in 5th grade when I was beyond being able to help them with home work anymore. Scary isn't it. Thank you for your response.