Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets 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.
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- 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.
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- AnalyseCompare introducing rounding
Compare introducing rounding accurately in a familiar context.
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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 128 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 850 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 738 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 182 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 5,660 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 5,179 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 493 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 4,779 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 48,760 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 19,697 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 12,855 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 25,150 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 130
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 120 and 130. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 128 rounds to 130.
2. 850
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 850 and 850. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 850 rounds to 850.
3. 740
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 730 and 740. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 738 rounds to 740.
4. 180
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 180 and 190. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 182 rounds to 180.
5. 5,660
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5660 and 5660. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5660 rounds to 5660.
6. 5,180
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5170 and 5180. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5179 rounds to 5180.
7. 490
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 490 and 500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 493 rounds to 490.
8. 4,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4700 and 4800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4779 rounds to 4800.
9. 49,000
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. 48760 rounds to 49000.
10. 19,700
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 19600 and 19700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 19697 rounds to 19700.
11. 12,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 12800 and 12900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 12855 rounds to 12900.
12. 25,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 25100 and 25200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 25150 rounds to 25200.
Worked examples
Round 584 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 580 and 590.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 584 rounds to 580.
- Answer: 580
Round 7,195 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7100 and 7200.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 7195 rounds to 7200.
- Answer: 7,200
Round 38,984 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 38000 and 39000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 38984 rounds to 39000.
- Answer: 39,000
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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