Free Grade 3 Introducing Rounding Word Problems Lessons
Free Grade 3 lessons 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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Prerequisites
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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 734 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 119 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 601 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 564 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 3,906 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 6,387 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 3,976 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 2,057 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 94,186 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 77,285 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 39,321 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 23,668 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 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. 734 rounds to 730.
2. 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. 119 rounds to 120.
3. 600
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. 601 rounds to 600.
4. 560
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.
5. 3,910
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3900 and 3910. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3906 rounds to 3910.
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. 6387 rounds to 6400.
7. 3,980
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3970 and 3980. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3976 rounds to 3980.
8. 2,060
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 2050 and 2060. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2057 rounds to 2060.
9. 94,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 94000 and 95000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 94186 rounds to 94000.
10. 77,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 77200 and 77300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 77285 rounds to 77300.
11. 39,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 39000 and 40000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 39321 rounds to 39000.
12. 24,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 23000 and 24000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 23668 rounds to 24000.
Worked examples
Round 987 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 980 and 990.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 987 rounds to 990.
- Answer: 990
Round 8,065 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 8060 and 8070.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 8065 rounds to 8070.
- Answer: 8,070
Round 76,986 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 76000 and 77000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 76986 rounds to 77000.
- Answer: 77,000
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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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