Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Word Problems Lessons
Free Grade 3 lessons 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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Foundation
30 min
24
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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.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- 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 164 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 454 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 486 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 118 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 106 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 1,947 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 7.Round 5,179 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 5,711 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 6,680 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 16,215 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 49,394 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 1,087 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
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. 450
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 450 and 460. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 454 rounds to 450.
3. 490
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 480 and 490. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 486 rounds to 490.
4. 120
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 110 and 120. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 118 rounds to 120.
5. 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. 106 rounds to 100.
6. 1,900
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 1900 and 2000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1947 rounds to 1900.
7. 5,200
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 5100 and 5200. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5179 rounds to 5200.
8. 5,700
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 5700 and 5800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5711 rounds to 5700.
9. 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. 6680 rounds to 7000.
10. 16,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 16000 and 17000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 16215 rounds to 16000.
11. 49,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 49300 and 49400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 49394 rounds to 49400.
12. 1,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 1000 and 2000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1087 rounds to 1000.
Worked examples
Round 430 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 430 and 430.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 430 rounds to 430.
- Answer: 430
Round 5,202 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5200 and 5210.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 5202 rounds to 5200.
- Answer: 5,200
Round 5,021 to the nearest 1,000.
- Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 5000 and 6000.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 5021 rounds to 5000.
- Answer: 5,000
Interactive practice
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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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