Free Grade 3 Working with Estimation Techniques Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for 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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- UnderstandExplain working with estimation techniques
Explain working with estimation techniques accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with estimation techniques
Calculate working with estimation techniques accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with estimation techniques
Compare working with estimation techniques accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify working with estimation techniques
Justify working with estimation techniques accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
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How 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 904 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 371 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 250 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 272 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 7,076 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 8,792 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 384 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 6,908 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 93,006 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 58,083 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 44,583 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 30,703 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 900
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.
2. 370
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. 371 rounds to 370.
3. 250
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 250 and 250. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 250 rounds to 250.
4. 270
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 270 and 280. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 272 rounds to 270.
5. 7,080
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7070 and 7080. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7076 rounds to 7080.
6. 8,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8700 and 8800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8792 rounds to 8800.
7. 380
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 380 and 390. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 384 rounds to 380.
8. 6,910
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6900 and 6910. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6908 rounds to 6910.
9. 93,000
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. 93006 rounds to 93000.
10. 58,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 58000 and 59000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 58083 rounds to 58000.
11. 45,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 44000 and 45000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 44583 rounds to 45000.
12. 31,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 30000 and 31000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 30703 rounds to 31000.
Worked examples
Round 354 to the nearest 10.
- 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.
- Answer: 350
Round 1,496 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 1400 and 1500.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 1496 rounds to 1500.
- Answer: 1,500
Round 94,725 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 94000 and 95000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 94725 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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- Start with Working with Estimation Essentials, Introducing Estimation. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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