Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Techniques Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Introducing Rounding Techniques: 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 techniques
Identify introducing rounding techniques accurately in a familiar context.
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- UnderstandExplain introducing rounding techniques
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- ApplyCalculate introducing rounding techniques
Calculate introducing rounding techniques accurately in a familiar context.
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- AnalyseCompare introducing rounding techniques
Compare introducing rounding techniques accurately in a familiar context.
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How Introducing Rounding Techniques 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 941 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 590 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 346 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 607 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 3,685 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 4,293 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 301 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 8,046 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 94,056 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 50,848 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 16,151 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 85,226 to the nearest 100.[3]
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1. 940
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 940 and 950. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 941 rounds to 940.
2. 590
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 590 and 590. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 590 rounds to 590.
3. 350
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 340 and 350. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 346 rounds to 350.
4. 610
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 600 and 610. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 607 rounds to 610.
5. 3,690
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3680 and 3690. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3685 rounds to 3690.
6. 4,290
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4290 and 4300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4293 rounds to 4290.
7. 300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 300 and 400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 301 rounds to 300.
8. 8,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8000 and 8100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8046 rounds to 8000.
9. 94,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 94000 and 94100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 94056 rounds to 94100.
10. 50,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 50800 and 50900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 50848 rounds to 50800.
11. 16,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 16000 and 17000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 16151 rounds to 16000.
12. 85,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 85200 and 85300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 85226 rounds to 85200.
Worked examples
Round 564 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 560 and 570.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 564 rounds to 560.
- Answer: 560
Round 1,141 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1140 and 1150.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 1141 rounds to 1140.
- Answer: 1,140
Round 54,467 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 54000 and 55000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 54467 rounds to 54000.
- Answer: 54,000
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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