Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes 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.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- 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 674 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 107 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 118 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 928 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 8,330 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 4,560 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 660 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 683 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 72,581 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 58,999 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 22,536 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 83,311 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 670
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 670 and 680. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 674 rounds to 670.
2. 110
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 100 and 110. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 107 rounds to 110.
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. 118 rounds to 120.
4. 930
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 920 and 930. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 928 rounds to 930.
5. 8,330
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 8330 and 8330. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8330 rounds to 8330.
6. 4,560
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4560 and 4560. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4560 rounds to 4560.
7. 700
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 600 and 700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 660 rounds to 700.
8. 700
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 600 and 700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 683 rounds to 700.
9. 73,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 72000 and 73000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 72581 rounds to 73000.
10. 59,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 58000 and 59000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 58999 rounds to 59000.
11. 23,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 22000 and 23000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 22536 rounds to 23000.
12. 83,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 83000 and 84000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 83311 rounds to 83000.
Worked examples
Round 218 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.
- 218 rounds to 220.
- Answer: 220
Round 5,700 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5700 and 5700.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 5700 rounds to 5700.
- Answer: 5,700
Round 87,923 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 87000 and 88000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 87923 rounds to 88000.
- Answer: 88,000
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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- What comes next after Introducing Rounding?
- Move on to Working with Rounding, Rounding in Context, Reading Whole Numbers, Place Value, which build directly on this idea.
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