Tidy Numbers

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about multiplication and rounding numbers to a tidy number. We started off learning what tidy numbers were and how to round numbers to a tidy number. Tidy numbers are numbers that can be halved and can also end in zero. I personally thought that the questions were kind of easy but I first had to understand the proper way to round a number to a tidy number, for example: 48 x 7, first you would have to round one of the numbers to equal a tidy number. You can round 48 to 50 which gives you the remainder of 2. Next you would times 7 by 50 which equals 350. Now that you have your total of 350 you have to times the  7 by 2 which is 14. 350 - 14 = 336. I personally found some of this maths quite difficult because i didn't really understand it at first but after a bit of practising I finally got the hang of it. Do you like maths ?