Free Grade 3 Estimation in Context Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes for Estimation in Context: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. Rounding gives a simpler number that is close to the real one. Look at the digit just right of the place you round to: 5 or more rounds up, 4 or less rounds down.
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35 min
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Learning objectives
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- UnderstandExplain estimation in context
Explain estimation in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate estimation in context
Calculate estimation in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare estimation in context
Compare estimation in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify estimation in context
Justify estimation in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Estimation in Context works
Rounding gives a simpler number that is close to the real one. Look at the digit just right of the place you round to: 5 or more rounds up, 4 or less rounds down.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.Round 725 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 232 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 175 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 787 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 7,027 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 4,406 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 266 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 4,114 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 11,868 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 48,105 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 83,475 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 20,340 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 730
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 720 and 730. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 725 rounds to 730.
2. 230
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 230 and 240. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 232 rounds to 230.
3. 180
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 170 and 180. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 175 rounds to 180.
4. 790
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 780 and 790. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 787 rounds to 790.
5. 7,030
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7020 and 7030. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7027 rounds to 7030.
6. 4,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4400 and 4500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4406 rounds to 4400.
7. 270
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 260 and 270. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 266 rounds to 270.
8. 4,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4100 and 4200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4114 rounds to 4100.
9. 12,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 11000 and 12000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 11868 rounds to 12000.
10. 48,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 48000 and 49000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 48105 rounds to 48000.
11. 83,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 83400 and 83500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 83475 rounds to 83500.
12. 20,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 20000 and 21000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 20340 rounds to 20000.
Worked examples
Round 470 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 470 and 470.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 470 rounds to 470.
- Answer: 470
Round 5,710 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5710 and 5710.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 5710 rounds to 5710.
- Answer: 5,710
Round 53,853 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 53800 and 53900.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 53853 rounds to 53900.
- Answer: 53,900
Interactive practice
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Common mistakes
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Looks at the wrong digit to decide whether to round up.
Correction: Underline the rounding place, then circle the digit to its right.
Changes the digits after the rounding place to anything other than 0.
Correction: Every digit after the rounding place becomes 0.
Teacher tips
- · Use a number line showing the two multiples either side.
Parent tips
- · Estimate the shopping bill to the nearest dollar.
Real-life applications
- · Estimating the total of a shopping trip before paying.
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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Working with Estimation, Introducing Estimation, Rounding. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the quiz sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Estimation in Context?
- Move on to Reading Whole Numbers, Place Value, Digits, Comparing Numbers, which build directly on this idea.
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