Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Essentials Flashcards
Free Grade 3 flashcards for Working with Rounding Essentials: 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 essentials
Identify working with rounding essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain working with rounding essentials
Explain working with rounding essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with rounding essentials
Calculate working with rounding essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with rounding essentials
Compare working with rounding essentials accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Working with Rounding Essentials 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 770 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 536 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 575 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 681 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 2,330 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 9,114 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 3,147 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 6,049 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 61,233 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 20,589 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 69,295 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 12,352 to the nearest 100.[3]
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1. 770
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 770 and 770. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 770 rounds to 770.
2. 540
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 530 and 540. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 536 rounds to 540.
3. 580
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. 575 rounds to 580.
4. 680
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 680 and 690. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 681 rounds to 680.
5. 2,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 2300 and 2400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2330 rounds to 2300.
6. 9,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 9100 and 9200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 9114 rounds to 9100.
7. 3,150
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3140 and 3150. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3147 rounds to 3150.
8. 6,050
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6040 and 6050. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6049 rounds to 6050.
9. 61,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 61200 and 61300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 61233 rounds to 61200.
10. 21,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 20000 and 21000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 20589 rounds to 21000.
11. 69,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 69200 and 69300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 69295 rounds to 69300.
12. 12,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 12300 and 12400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 12352 rounds to 12400.
Worked examples
Round 957 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 950 and 960.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 957 rounds to 960.
- Answer: 960
Round 1,503 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 1500 and 1510.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 1503 rounds to 1500.
- Answer: 1,500
Round 94,736 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.
- 94736 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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