Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Working with Rounding: 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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Foundation
35 min
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Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify working with rounding
Identify working with rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain working with rounding
Explain working with rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with rounding
Calculate working with rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with rounding
Compare working with rounding accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Working with Rounding 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 219 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 701 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 726 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 228 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 8,483 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 7,921 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 8,313 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 2,250 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 72,314 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 96,548 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 65,643 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 96,249 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 220
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 210 and 220. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 219 rounds to 220.
2. 700
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. 701 rounds to 700.
3. 730
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 720 and 730. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 726 rounds to 730.
4. 230
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 220 and 230. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 228 rounds to 230.
5. 8,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8400 and 8500. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8483 rounds to 8500.
6. 7,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7900 and 8000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7921 rounds to 7900.
7. 8,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8300 and 8400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8313 rounds to 8300.
8. 2,300
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 2200 and 2300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2250 rounds to 2300.
9. 72,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 72000 and 73000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 72314 rounds to 72000.
10. 97,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 96000 and 97000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 96548 rounds to 97000.
11. 65,600
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 65600 and 65700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 65643 rounds to 65600.
12. 96,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 96200 and 96300. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 96249 rounds to 96200.
Worked examples
Round 129 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 120 and 130.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 129 rounds to 130.
- Answer: 130
Round 6,780 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6780 and 6780.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 6780 rounds to 6780.
- Answer: 6,780
Round 38,692 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 38000 and 39000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 38692 rounds to 39000.
- Answer: 39,000
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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- Start with Introducing Rounding, Word Form. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Rounding in Context, Reading Whole Numbers, Place Value, Digits, which build directly on this idea.
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