Free Grade 3 Working with Working with Estimation Techniques Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes 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 354 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 635 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 684 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 572 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 144 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 7,555 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 3,017 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 8,011 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 83,706 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 42,424 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 67,473 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 93,685 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 350
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 350 and 360. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 354 rounds to 350.
2. 640
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 630 and 640. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 635 rounds to 640.
3. 680
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 680 and 690. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 684 rounds to 680.
4. 570
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 570 and 580. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 572 rounds to 570.
5. 140
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 140 and 150. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 144 rounds to 140.
6. 7,560
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7550 and 7560. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7555 rounds to 7560.
7. 3,020
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3010 and 3020. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3017 rounds to 3020.
8. 8,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8000 and 8100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8011 rounds to 8000.
9. 84,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 83000 and 84000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 83706 rounds to 84000.
10. 42,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 42000 and 43000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 42424 rounds to 42000.
11. 67,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 67000 and 68000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 67473 rounds to 67000.
12. 94,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 93000 and 94000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 93685 rounds to 94000.
Worked examples
Round 201 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 200 and 210.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 201 rounds to 200.
- Answer: 200
Round 9,944 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 9940 and 9950.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 9944 rounds to 9940.
- Answer: 9,940
Round 29,382 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 29000 and 30000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 29382 rounds to 29000.
- Answer: 29,000
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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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