Free Grade 3 Introducing Estimation Essentials Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Introducing Estimation Essentials: 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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- UnderstandExplain introducing estimation essentials
Explain introducing estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate introducing estimation essentials
Calculate introducing estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare introducing estimation essentials
Compare introducing estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify introducing estimation essentials
Justify introducing estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Introducing Estimation Essentials 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 361 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 699 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 119 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 597 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 1,411 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 7,510 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 130 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 5,407 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 9,240 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 55,677 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 15,536 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 39,426 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 360
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 360 and 370. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 361 rounds to 360.
2. 700
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 690 and 700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 699 rounds to 700.
3. 120
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 110 and 120. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 119 rounds to 120.
4. 600
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 590 and 600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 597 rounds to 600.
5. 1,410
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1410 and 1420. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1411 rounds to 1410.
6. 7,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7500 and 7600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7510 rounds to 7500.
7. 100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 100 and 200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 130 rounds to 100.
8. 5,410
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5400 and 5410. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5407 rounds to 5410.
9. 9,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 9000 and 10000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 9240 rounds to 9000.
10. 56,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 55000 and 56000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 55677 rounds to 56000.
11. 15,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 15500 and 15600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 15536 rounds to 15500.
12. 39,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 39000 and 40000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 39426 rounds to 39000.
Worked examples
Round 449 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 440 and 450.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 449 rounds to 450.
- Answer: 450
Round 259 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 250 and 260.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 259 rounds to 260.
- Answer: 260
Round 66,731 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 66700 and 66800.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 66731 rounds to 66700.
- Answer: 66,700
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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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