Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Word Problems Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Working with Rounding Word Problems: 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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20 min
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- RememberIdentify working with rounding word problems
Identify working with rounding word problems accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain working with rounding word problems
Explain working with rounding word problems accurately in a familiar context.
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- ApplyCalculate working with rounding word problems
Calculate working with rounding word problems accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with rounding word problems
Compare working with rounding word problems accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Working with Rounding Word Problems 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 862 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 892 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 316 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 217 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 8,149 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 2,506 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 8,008 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 9,146 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 96,525 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 23,669 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 52,787 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 56,770 to the nearest 100.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 860
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 860 and 870. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 862 rounds to 860.
2. 890
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. 892 rounds to 890.
3. 320
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 310 and 320. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 316 rounds to 320.
4. 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. 217 rounds to 220.
5. 8,100
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8100 and 8200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8149 rounds to 8100.
6. 2,510
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 2500 and 2510. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2506 rounds to 2510.
7. 8,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 8000 and 8100. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 8008 rounds to 8000.
8. 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. 9146 rounds to 9100.
9. 96,500
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 96500 and 96600. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 96525 rounds to 96500.
10. 24,000
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. 23669 rounds to 24000.
11. 52,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 52700 and 52800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 52787 rounds to 52800.
12. 56,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 56700 and 56800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 56770 rounds to 56800.
Worked examples
Round 876 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 870 and 880.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 876 rounds to 880.
- Answer: 880
Round 8,805 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 8800 and 8810.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 8805 rounds to 8810.
- Answer: 8,810
Round 90,375 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 90300 and 90400.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 90375 rounds to 90400.
- Answer: 90,400
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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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- Start with Working with Rounding Techniques, Working with Rounding Essentials, Introducing Rounding. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Working with Rounding Common Errors, Introducing Rounding, Rounding in Context, which build directly on this idea.
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