Free Grade 3 Working with Estimation Essentials Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes for 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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- UnderstandExplain working with estimation essentials
Explain working with estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with estimation essentials
Calculate working with estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with estimation essentials
Compare working with estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify working with estimation essentials
Justify working with estimation essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
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How 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 995 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 643 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 821 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 536 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 8,148 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 1,165 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 7,825 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 2,622 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 57,789 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 61,685 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 7,900 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 34,168 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 1,000
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. 995 rounds to 1000.
2. 640
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 640 and 650. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 643 rounds to 640.
3. 820
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 820 and 830. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 821 rounds to 820.
4. 540
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. 536 rounds to 540.
5. 8,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8100 and 8200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8148 rounds to 8100.
6. 1,170
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1160 and 1170. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1165 rounds to 1170.
7. 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. 7825 rounds to 7800.
8. 2,620
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 2620 and 2630. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2622 rounds to 2620.
9. 57,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 57700 and 57800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 57789 rounds to 57800.
10. 61,700
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 61600 and 61700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 61685 rounds to 61700.
11. 7,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7900 and 7900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7900 rounds to 7900.
12. 34,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 34000 and 35000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 34168 rounds to 34000.
Worked examples
Round 841 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 840 and 850.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 841 rounds to 840.
- Answer: 840
Round 6,125 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6100 and 6200.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 6125 rounds to 6100.
- Answer: 6,100
Round 86,817 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 86000 and 87000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 86817 rounds to 87000.
- Answer: 87,000
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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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