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Round the Four Dice
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level 
Begin by rolling the dice and making four different four-digit numbers. Then round each of them to the nearest multiple of 1000. Remember that sometimes you round up and sometimes you round down.
You could record your results in a table like this one:
You could record your results in a table like this one:
| Numbers rolled | 1st four-digit number | Rounds to | 2nd four-digit number | Rounds to | 3rd four-digit number | Rounds to | 4th four-digit number | Rounds to |
| 1, 2, 3 and 4 | 1324 | 1000 | 2314 | 2000 | 4312 | 4000 | 4123 | 4000 |
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