Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Techniques Lessons
Free Grade 3 lessons 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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- UnderstandExplain introducing rounding techniques
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- ApplyCalculate introducing rounding techniques
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- AnalyseCompare introducing rounding techniques
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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 980 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 731 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 888 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 950 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 437 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 6,351 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 9,222 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 5,067 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 89,126 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 64,542 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 11,134 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 23,051 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 980
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 980 and 980. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 980 rounds to 980.
2. 730
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. 731 rounds to 730.
3. 890
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 880 and 890. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 888 rounds to 890.
4. 950
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 950 and 950. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 950 rounds to 950.
5. 440
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 430 and 440. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 437 rounds to 440.
6. 6,400
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. 6351 rounds to 6400.
7. 9,220
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 9220 and 9230. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 9222 rounds to 9220.
8. 5,070
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5060 and 5070. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5067 rounds to 5070.
9. 89,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 89000 and 90000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 89126 rounds to 89000.
10. 65,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 64000 and 65000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 64542 rounds to 65000.
11. 11,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 11000 and 12000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 11134 rounds to 11000.
12. 23,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 23000 and 23100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 23051 rounds to 23100.
Worked examples
Round 167 to the nearest 10.
- 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.
- 167 rounds to 170.
- Answer: 170
Round 6,091 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6000 and 6100.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 6091 rounds to 6100.
- Answer: 6,100
Round 38,308 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 38300 and 38400.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 38308 rounds to 38300.
- Answer: 38,300
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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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