Free Grade 3 Working with Estimation Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes for Working with Estimation: 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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- RememberIdentify working with estimation
Identify working with estimation accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain working with estimation
Explain working with estimation accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with estimation
Calculate working with estimation accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with estimation
Compare working with estimation accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Working with Estimation 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 179 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 585 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 515 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 651 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 6,887 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 6,101 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 8,085 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 1,789 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 33,507 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 49,979 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 22,247 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 53,393 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 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. 179 rounds to 180.
2. 590
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 580 and 590. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 585 rounds to 590.
3. 520
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 510 and 520. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 515 rounds to 520.
4. 650
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 650 and 660. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 651 rounds to 650.
5. 6,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6800 and 6900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6887 rounds to 6900.
6. 6,100
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6100 and 6110. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6101 rounds to 6100.
7. 8,100
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. 8085 rounds to 8100.
8. 1,800
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. 1789 rounds to 1800.
9. 33,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 33500 and 33600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 33507 rounds to 33500.
10. 50,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 49000 and 50000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 49979 rounds to 50000.
11. 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. 22247 rounds to 22000.
12. 53,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 53300 and 53400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 53393 rounds to 53400.
Worked examples
Round 860 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 860 and 860.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 860 rounds to 860.
- Answer: 860
Round 4,136 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4130 and 4140.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 4136 rounds to 4140.
- Answer: 4,140
Round 23,147 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 23000 and 24000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 23147 rounds to 23000.
- Answer: 23,000
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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Frequently asked
- Is this Grade 3 Working with Estimation quiz really free?
- Yes. Every quizzes on FreeMathWorksheet is free to use, print and share — no account, no paywall and no watermark.
- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Introducing Estimation, Rounding. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the quiz 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 Working with Estimation?
- Move on to Estimation in Context, Reading Whole Numbers, Place Value, Digits, which build directly on this idea.
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