Free Grade 3 Working with Working with Estimation Techniques Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Working with Working with Estimation Techniques: 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 Working with Estimation Techniques 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 228 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 444 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 483 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 580 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 9,295 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 1,454 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 7,046 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 7,311 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 73,988 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 76,641 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 51,072 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 54,210 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
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1. 230
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 220 and 230. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 228 rounds to 230.
2. 440
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 440 and 450. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 444 rounds to 440.
3. 480
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 480 and 490. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 483 rounds to 480.
4. 580
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 580 and 580. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 580 rounds to 580.
5. 9,300
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. 9295 rounds to 9300.
6. 1,450
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1450 and 1460. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1454 rounds to 1450.
7. 7,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7000 and 7100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7046 rounds to 7000.
8. 7,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7300 and 7400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7311 rounds to 7300.
9. 74,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 73000 and 74000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 73988 rounds to 74000.
10. 77,000
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. 76641 rounds to 77000.
11. 51,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 51000 and 52000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 51072 rounds to 51000.
12. 54,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 54000 and 55000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 54210 rounds to 54000.
Worked examples
Round 993 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 990 and 1000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 993 rounds to 990.
- Answer: 990
Round 2,851 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 2800 and 2900.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 2851 rounds to 2900.
- Answer: 2,900
Round 78,533 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 78500 and 78600.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 78533 rounds to 78500.
- Answer: 78,500
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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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