Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Word Problems Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes 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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- 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 930 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 451 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 943 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 530 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 5,843 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 6.Round 2,825 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 8,450 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 8.Round 1,844 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 9.Round 87,916 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 10.Round 37,384 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 11.Round 8,438 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 75,684 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 930
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 930 and 930. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 930 rounds to 930.
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. 451 rounds to 450.
3. 940
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 940 and 950. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 943 rounds to 940.
4. 530
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 530 and 530. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 530 rounds to 530.
5. 5,840
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5840 and 5850. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5843 rounds to 5840.
6. 2,830
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 2820 and 2830. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 2825 rounds to 2830.
7. 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. 8450 rounds to 8500.
8. 1,800
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 1800 and 1900. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 1844 rounds to 1800.
9. 88,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 87000 and 88000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 87916 rounds to 88000.
10. 37,400
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 37300 and 37400. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 37384 rounds to 37400.
11. 8,400
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. 8438 rounds to 8400.
12. 76,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 75000 and 76000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 75684 rounds to 76000.
Worked examples
Round 624 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 620 and 630.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 624 rounds to 620.
- Answer: 620
Round 6,029 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 6020 and 6030.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 6029 rounds to 6030.
- Answer: 6,030
Round 10,468 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 10400 and 10500.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 10468 rounds to 10500.
- Answer: 10,500
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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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- What should a learner already know before this?
- 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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