Free Grade 3 Introduction to Working with Estimation Essentials Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes for Introduction to Working with Estimation 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 Introduction to Working with Estimation 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 214 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 552 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 525 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 818 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 4,271 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 2,075 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 4,906 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 3,836 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 33,551 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 16,555 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 16,725 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 20,698 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 210
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 210 and 220. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 214 rounds to 210.
2. 550
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 550 and 560. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 552 rounds to 550.
3. 530
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 520 and 530. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 525 rounds to 530.
4. 820
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 810 and 820. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 818 rounds to 820.
5. 4,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4200 and 4300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4271 rounds to 4300.
6. 2,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 2000 and 2100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2075 rounds to 2100.
7. 4,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4900 and 5000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4906 rounds to 4900.
8. 3,840
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3830 and 3840. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3836 rounds to 3840.
9. 34,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 33000 and 34000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 33551 rounds to 34000.
10. 16,600
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 16500 and 16600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 16555 rounds to 16600.
11. 16,700
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 16700 and 16800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 16725 rounds to 16700.
12. 21,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 20000 and 21000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 20698 rounds to 21000.
Worked examples
Round 539 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 530 and 540.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 539 rounds to 540.
- Answer: 540
Round 7,876 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7870 and 7880.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 7876 rounds to 7880.
- Answer: 7,880
Round 69,493 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 69000 and 70000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 69493 rounds to 69000.
- Answer: 69,000
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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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