Free Grade 3 Working with Estimation Word Problems Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Working with Estimation Word Problems: 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 word problems
Explain working with estimation word problems accurately in a familiar context.
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- ApplyCalculate working with estimation word problems
Calculate working with estimation word problems accurately in a familiar context.
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- AnalyseCompare working with estimation word problems
Compare working with estimation word problems accurately in a familiar context.
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- EvaluateJustify working with estimation word problems
Justify working with estimation word problems accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Working with Estimation Word Problems 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 372 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 571 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 706 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 395 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 6,442 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 245 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 6,247 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 6,490 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 71,664 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 94,403 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 71,348 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 33,337 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 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. 372 rounds to 370.
2. 570
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 570 and 580. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 571 rounds to 570.
3. 710
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 700 and 710. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 706 rounds to 710.
4. 400
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 390 and 400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 395 rounds to 400.
5. 6,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6400 and 6500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6442 rounds to 6400.
6. 200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 200 and 300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 245 rounds to 200.
7. 6,250
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6240 and 6250. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6247 rounds to 6250.
8. 6,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 6400 and 6500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6490 rounds to 6500.
9. 72,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 71000 and 72000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 71664 rounds to 72000.
10. 94,000
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. 94403 rounds to 94000.
11. 71,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 71300 and 71400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 71348 rounds to 71300.
12. 33,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 33300 and 33400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 33337 rounds to 33300.
Worked examples
Round 231 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 230 and 240.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 231 rounds to 230.
- Answer: 230
Round 9,413 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 9410 and 9420.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 9413 rounds to 9410.
- Answer: 9,410
Round 13,634 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 13000 and 14000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 13634 rounds to 14000.
- Answer: 14,000
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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 Techniques, Working with Estimation Essentials, Introducing Estimation. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Working with Estimation Common Errors, Introducing Estimation, Estimation in Context, which build directly on this idea.
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