Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Introducing Rounding: 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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- RememberIdentify introducing rounding
Identify introducing rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain introducing rounding
Explain introducing rounding accurately in a familiar context.
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- ApplyCalculate introducing rounding
Calculate introducing rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare introducing rounding
Compare introducing rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Introducing Rounding 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 200 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 526 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 574 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 389 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 482 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 4,583 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 7,855 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 7,282 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 34,191 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 97,078 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 81,114 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 89,233 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 200
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 200 and 200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 200 rounds to 200.
2. 530
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 520 and 530. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 526 rounds to 530.
3. 570
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 570 and 580. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 574 rounds to 570.
4. 390
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 380 and 390. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 389 rounds to 390.
5. 480
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 480 and 490. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 482 rounds to 480.
6. 4,580
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4580 and 4590. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4583 rounds to 4580.
7. 7,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7800 and 7900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7855 rounds to 7900.
8. 7,280
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7280 and 7290. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7282 rounds to 7280.
9. 34,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 34000 and 35000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 34191 rounds to 34000.
10. 97,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 97000 and 98000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 97078 rounds to 97000.
11. 81,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 81000 and 82000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 81114 rounds to 81000.
12. 89,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 89200 and 89300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 89233 rounds to 89200.
Worked examples
Round 815 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 810 and 820.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 815 rounds to 820.
- Answer: 820
Round 7,866 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7860 and 7870.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 7866 rounds to 7870.
- Answer: 7,870
Round 86,516 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 86500 and 86600.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 86516 rounds to 86500.
- Answer: 86,500
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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- Move on to Working with Rounding, Rounding in Context, Reading Whole Numbers, Place Value, which build directly on this idea.
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