Free Grade 3 Working with Estimation in Context Essentials Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Working with Estimation in Context Essentials: 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 Working with Estimation in Context Essentials 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 336 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 655 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 490 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 923 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 4,029 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 7,946 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 9,440 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 5,813 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 21,250 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 97,730 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 31,596 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 81,265 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 340
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 330 and 340. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 336 rounds to 340.
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. 490
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 490 and 490. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 490 rounds to 490.
4. 920
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 920 and 930. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 923 rounds to 920.
5. 4,030
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4020 and 4030. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4029 rounds to 4030.
6. 7,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7900 and 8000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7946 rounds to 7900.
7. 9,440
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 9440 and 9440. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 9440 rounds to 9440.
8. 5,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 5800 and 5900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5813 rounds to 5800.
9. 21,000
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. 21250 rounds to 21000.
10. 98,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 97000 and 98000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 97730 rounds to 98000.
11. 32,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 31000 and 32000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 31596 rounds to 32000.
12. 81,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 81200 and 81300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 81265 rounds to 81300.
Worked examples
Round 933 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 930 and 940.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 933 rounds to 930.
- Answer: 930
Round 6,905 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6900 and 7000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 6905 rounds to 6900.
- Answer: 6,900
Round 82,965 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 82000 and 83000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 82965 rounds to 83000.
- Answer: 83,000
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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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