Free Grade 3 Working with Rounding Word Problems Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets 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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15 min
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- RememberIdentify working with rounding word problems
Identify working with rounding word problems accurately in a familiar context.
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- 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.
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- 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
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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 792 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 2.Round 612 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 3.Round 927 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 4.Round 333 to the nearest 10.[1]
- 5.Round 3,952 to the nearest 100.[2]
- 6.Round 3,256 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 7.Round 7,948 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 8.Round 5,106 to the nearest 10.[2]
- 9.Round 88,649 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 10.Round 14,739 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
- 11.Round 96,634 to the nearest 100.[3]
- 12.Round 1,717 to the nearest 1,000.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 790
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 790 and 800. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 792 rounds to 790.
2. 610
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 610 and 620. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 612 rounds to 610.
3. 930
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 920 and 930. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 927 rounds to 930.
4. 330
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 330 and 340. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 333 rounds to 330.
5. 4,000
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 3900 and 4000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3952 rounds to 4000.
6. 3,260
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 3250 and 3260. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 3256 rounds to 3260.
7. 7,950
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 7940 and 7950. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 7948 rounds to 7950.
8. 5,110
Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 5100 and 5110. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 5106 rounds to 5110.
9. 88,600
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 88600 and 88700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 88649 rounds to 88600.
10. 15,000
Find the two multiples of 1000 either side: 14000 and 15000. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 14739 rounds to 15000.
11. 96,600
Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 96600 and 96700. Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up. 96634 rounds to 96600.
12. 2,000
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. 1717 rounds to 2000.
Worked examples
Round 607 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 600 and 610.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 607 rounds to 610.
- Answer: 610
Round 4,558 to the nearest 10.
- Find the two multiples of 10 either side: 4550 and 4560.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 4558 rounds to 4560.
- Answer: 4,560
Round 51,603 to the nearest 100.
- Find the two multiples of 100 either side: 51600 and 51700.
- Look at the digit to the right of the rounding place: 5 or more rounds up.
- 51603 rounds to 51600.
- Answer: 51,600
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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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