Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Common Errors Flashcards
Free Grade 3 flashcards 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.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- 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 164 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 349 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 433 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 936 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 7,450 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 2,114 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 3,974 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 4,692 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 15,668 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 58,959 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 7,326 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 26,196 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
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1. 160
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 160 and 170. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 164 rounds to 160.
2. 350
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 340 and 350. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 349 rounds to 350.
3. 430
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 430 and 440. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 433 rounds to 430.
4. 940
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 930 and 940. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 936 rounds to 940.
5. 7,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7400 and 7500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7450 rounds to 7500.
6. 2,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 2100 and 2200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2114 rounds to 2100.
7. 4,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 3900 and 4000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3974 rounds to 4000.
8. 4,690
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4690 and 4700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4692 rounds to 4690.
9. 16,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 15000 and 16000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 15668 rounds to 16000.
10. 59,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 58900 and 59000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 58959 rounds to 59000.
11. 7,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 7000 and 8000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7326 rounds to 7000.
12. 26,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 26000 and 27000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 26196 rounds to 26000.
Worked examples
Round 922 to the nearest 10.
- 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.
- 922 rounds to 920.
- Answer: 920
Round 2,283 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 2280 and 2290.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 2283 rounds to 2280.
- Answer: 2,280
Round 11,898 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 11000 and 12000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 11898 rounds to 12000.
- Answer: 12,000
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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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