Free Grade 3 Rounding Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Rounding: 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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25 min
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Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify rounding
Identify rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain rounding
Explain rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate rounding
Calculate rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare rounding
Compare rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Rounding 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 522 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 330 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 955 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 714 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 331 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 2,692 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 3,098 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 7,839 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 40,526 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 22,076 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 21,010 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 64,870 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 520
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. 522 rounds to 520.
2. 330
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 330 and 330. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 330 rounds to 330.
3. 960
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 950 and 960. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 955 rounds to 960.
4. 710
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 710 and 720. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 714 rounds to 710.
5. 300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 300 and 400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 331 rounds to 300.
6. 2,690
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 2690 and 2700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2692 rounds to 2690.
7. 3,100
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3090 and 3100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3098 rounds to 3100.
8. 7,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7800 and 7900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7839 rounds to 7800.
9. 40,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 40500 and 40600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 40526 rounds to 40500.
10. 22,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 22000 and 23000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 22076 rounds to 22000.
11. 21,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 21000 and 22000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 21010 rounds to 21000.
12. 65,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 64000 and 65000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 64870 rounds to 65000.
Worked examples
Round 904 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 900 and 910.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 904 rounds to 900.
- Answer: 900
Round 3,208 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3200 and 3210.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 3208 rounds to 3210.
- Answer: 3,210
Round 31,520 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 31000 and 32000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 31520 rounds to 32000.
- Answer: 32,000
Interactive practice
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
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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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Word Form, Standard Form. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the worksheet sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Rounding?
- Move on to Estimation, Mental Math, Whole Numbers in Real Life, Counting, which build directly on this idea.
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