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Free Grade 3 quizzes for What is Working with Estimation in Context Common Errors: 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 What is Working with Estimation in Context Common Errors 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 273 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 894 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 780 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 514 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 4,543 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 8,650 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 317 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 5,482 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 21,995 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 56,991 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 86,659 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 32,291 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 270
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 270 and 280. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 273 rounds to 270.
2. 890
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 890 and 900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 894 rounds to 890.
3. 780
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 780 and 780. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 780 rounds to 780.
4. 510
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 510 and 520. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 514 rounds to 510.
5. 4,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4500 and 4600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4543 rounds to 4500.
6. 8,650
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 8650 and 8650. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8650 rounds to 8650.
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. 317 rounds to 300.
8. 5,480
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5480 and 5490. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5482 rounds to 5480.
9. 22,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 21000 and 22000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 21995 rounds to 22000.
10. 57,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 56900 and 57000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 56991 rounds to 57000.
11. 87,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 86000 and 87000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 86659 rounds to 87000.
12. 32,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 32200 and 32300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 32291 rounds to 32300.
Worked examples
Round 299 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 290 and 300.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 299 rounds to 300.
- Answer: 300
Round 9,735 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 9700 and 9800.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 9735 rounds to 9700.
- Answer: 9,700
Round 23,567 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 23500 and 23600.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 23567 rounds to 23600.
- Answer: 23,600
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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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