Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Flashcards
Free Grade 3 flashcards 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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- 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 898 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 673 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 425 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 384 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 4,529 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 7,365 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 7,888 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 138 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 23,197 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 84,841 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 6,994 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 12.Round 61,790 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 900
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 890 and 900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 898 rounds to 900.
2. 670
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 670 and 680. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 673 rounds to 670.
3. 430
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 420 and 430. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 425 rounds to 430.
4. 380
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 380 and 390. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 384 rounds to 380.
5. 4,530
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4520 and 4530. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 4529 rounds to 4530.
6. 7,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 7300 and 7400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7365 rounds to 7400.
7. 7,890
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7880 and 7890. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7888 rounds to 7890.
8. 100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 100 and 200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 138 rounds to 100.
9. 23,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 23000 and 24000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 23197 rounds to 23000.
10. 85,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 84000 and 85000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 84841 rounds to 85000.
11. 7,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 6000 and 7000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 6994 rounds to 7000.
12. 61,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 61700 and 61800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 61790 rounds to 61800.
Worked examples
Round 837 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 830 and 840.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 837 rounds to 840.
- Answer: 840
Round 3,615 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 3600 and 3700.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 3615 rounds to 3600.
- Answer: 3,600
Round 65,330 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 65000 and 66000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 65330 rounds to 65000.
- Answer: 65,000
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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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