Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Word Problems Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Introducing Rounding Word Problems: 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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How Introducing Rounding Word Problems 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 772 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 655 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 769 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 239 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 743 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 8,858 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 4,630 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 3,694 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 78,057 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 26,121 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 5,294 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 59,881 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 770
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 770 and 780. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 772 rounds to 770.
2. 660
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 650 and 660. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 655 rounds to 660.
3. 770
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 760 and 770. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 769 rounds to 770.
4. 240
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 230 and 240. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 239 rounds to 240.
5. 740
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 740 and 750. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 743 rounds to 740.
6. 8,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8800 and 8900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8858 rounds to 8900.
7. 4,600
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4600 and 4700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4630 rounds to 4600.
8. 3,690
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3690 and 3700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3694 rounds to 3690.
9. 78,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 78000 and 79000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 78057 rounds to 78000.
10. 26,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 26000 and 27000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 26121 rounds to 26000.
11. 5,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 5200 and 5300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5294 rounds to 5300.
12. 59,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 59800 and 59900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 59881 rounds to 59900.
Worked examples
Round 758 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 750 and 760.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 758 rounds to 760.
- Answer: 760
Round 5,362 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5360 and 5370.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 5362 rounds to 5360.
- Answer: 5,360
Round 8,826 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 8000 and 9000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 8826 rounds to 9000.
- Answer: 9,000
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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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- Start with Introducing Rounding Techniques, Introducing Rounding Essentials, Word Form. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Introducing Rounding Common Errors, Working with Rounding, Rounding in Context, which build directly on this idea.
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