Free Grade 3 Working with Estimation in Context Essentials Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes 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 281 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 124 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 153 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 691 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 9,209 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 6,477 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 7,529 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 3,894 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 40,747 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 86,040 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 65,856 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 94,804 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
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1. 280
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 280 and 290. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 281 rounds to 280.
2. 120
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 120 and 130. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 124 rounds to 120.
3. 150
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 150 and 160. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 153 rounds to 150.
4. 690
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 690 and 700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 691 rounds to 690.
5. 9,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 9200 and 9300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 9209 rounds to 9200.
6. 6,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6400 and 6500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6477 rounds to 6500.
7. 7,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7500 and 7600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7529 rounds to 7500.
8. 3,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 3800 and 3900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3894 rounds to 3900.
9. 41,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 40000 and 41000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 40747 rounds to 41000.
10. 86,000
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. 86040 rounds to 86000.
11. 65,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 65800 and 65900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 65856 rounds to 65900.
12. 95,000
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. 94804 rounds to 95000.
Worked examples
Round 768 to the nearest 10.
- 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.
- 768 rounds to 770.
- Answer: 770
Round 7,756 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7750 and 7760.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 7756 rounds to 7760.
- Answer: 7,760
Round 38,784 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 38700 and 38800.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 38784 rounds to 38800.
- Answer: 38,800
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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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