Free Grade 3 Introducing Estimation Essentials Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes 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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15 min
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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
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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 809 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 390 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 426 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 163 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 5,441 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 7,969 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 6,389 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 5,158 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 98,361 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 2,045 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 7,756 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 45,077 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 810
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 800 and 810. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 809 rounds to 810.
2. 390
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 390 and 390. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 390 rounds to 390.
3. 430
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 420 and 430. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 426 rounds to 430.
4. 160
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 160 and 170. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 163 rounds to 160.
5. 5,440
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5440 and 5450. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5441 rounds to 5440.
6. 8,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7900 and 8000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7969 rounds to 8000.
7. 6,390
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6380 and 6390. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6389 rounds to 6390.
8. 5,160
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5150 and 5160. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5158 rounds to 5160.
9. 98,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 98000 and 99000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 98361 rounds to 98000.
10. 2,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 2000 and 3000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2045 rounds to 2000.
11. 8,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 7000 and 8000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7756 rounds to 8000.
12. 45,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 45000 and 45100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 45077 rounds to 45100.
Worked examples
Round 217 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 210 and 220.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 217 rounds to 220.
- Answer: 220
Round 6,317 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6300 and 6400.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 6317 rounds to 6300.
- Answer: 6,300
Round 17,003 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 17000 and 17100.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 17003 rounds to 17000.
- Answer: 17,000
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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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- Move on to Introducing Estimation Techniques, Introducing Estimation Word Problems, Introducing Estimation Common Errors, Working with Estimation, which build directly on this idea.
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