Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Common Errors Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes for Working with Rounding Common Errors: 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 rounding common errors
Identify working with rounding common errors accurately in a familiar context.
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- UnderstandExplain working with rounding common errors
Explain working with rounding common errors accurately in a familiar context.
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- ApplyCalculate working with rounding common errors
Calculate working with rounding common errors accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with rounding common errors
Compare working with rounding common errors accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Working with Rounding Common Errors 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 504 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 921 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 255 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 668 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 9,244 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 5,077 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 5,920 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 1,128 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 65,509 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 15,272 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 12,797 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 94,827 to the nearest 100.[3]
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1. 500
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 500 and 510. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 504 rounds to 500.
2. 920
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 920 and 930. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 921 rounds to 920.
3. 260
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 250 and 260. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 255 rounds to 260.
4. 670
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 660 and 670. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 668 rounds to 670.
5. 9,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 9200 and 9300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 9244 rounds to 9200.
6. 5,080
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5070 and 5080. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5077 rounds to 5080.
7. 5,920
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5920 and 5920. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5920 rounds to 5920.
8. 1,130
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1120 and 1130. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1128 rounds to 1130.
9. 65,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 65500 and 65600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 65509 rounds to 65500.
10. 15,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 15200 and 15300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 15272 rounds to 15300.
11. 13,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 12000 and 13000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 12797 rounds to 13000.
12. 94,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 94800 and 94900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 94827 rounds to 94800.
Worked examples
Round 518 to the nearest 10.
- 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.
- 518 rounds to 520.
- Answer: 520
Round 2,702 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 2700 and 2800.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 2702 rounds to 2700.
- Answer: 2,700
Round 95,913 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 95000 and 96000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 95913 rounds to 96000.
- Answer: 96,000
Interactive practice
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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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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Working with Rounding Word Problems, Working with Rounding Techniques, Introducing Rounding. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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