Free Grade 3 Working with Working with Estimation Techniques Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets 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 378 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 302 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 194 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 177 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 1,160 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 4,289 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 115 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 4,337 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 49,454 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 62,585 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 53,311 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 32,817 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
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1. 380
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 370 and 380. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 378 rounds to 380.
2. 300
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 300 and 310. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 302 rounds to 300.
3. 190
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 190 and 200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 194 rounds to 190.
4. 180
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 170 and 180. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 177 rounds to 180.
5. 1,160
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1160 and 1160. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1160 rounds to 1160.
6. 4,290
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4280 and 4290. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4289 rounds to 4290.
7. 120
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 110 and 120. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 115 rounds to 120.
8. 4,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 4300 and 4400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4337 rounds to 4300.
9. 49,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 49400 and 49500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 49454 rounds to 49500.
10. 63,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 62000 and 63000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 62585 rounds to 63000.
11. 53,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 53000 and 54000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 53311 rounds to 53000.
12. 33,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 32000 and 33000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 32817 rounds to 33000.
Worked examples
Round 480 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 480 and 480.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 480 rounds to 480.
- Answer: 480
Round 1,718 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 1700 and 1800.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 1718 rounds to 1700.
- Answer: 1,700
Round 95,091 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 95000 and 96000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 95091 rounds to 95000.
- Answer: 95,000
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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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