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Rounding to the Nearest 10 Worksheets

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Rounding to the nearest 10 Worksheets

When you are rounding a number to the nearest 10, you are trying to find out which multiple of 10 your number is closest to.

The golden rule with rounding is that if a number is exactly halfway between two multiples of 10, you always round up.

How to round a number to the nearest 10

Look at the ones digit.

• if it is less than 5 then round the number down by changing the ones digit to zero;
• if it is 5 or more then round the number up by adding one on to the tens digit and changing the ones digit to zero.
• 37 rounds up to 40 because the ones digit is 7.
• 63 rounds down to 60 because the ones digit is 3.
• 145 rounds up to 150 because the ones digit is a 5.

Here you will find a range of free printable math worksheets to help your child learn to round numbers to the nearest 10.

These sheets are carefully graded so that the easier sheets come first and give extra support.

The numbers in Sheets 1 to 4 go up to 100. Sheets 5 & 6 go up to 1000.

Each sheets comes with a separate printable answer sheet.

Using these sheets will help your child to:

• round numbers to the nearest 10;
• position numbers to 100 on a number line.

All the free Rounding Worksheets in this section support the Elementary Math Benchmarks.

These sheets are aimed at kids in 2nd and 3rd Grade.

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Rounding to the nearest 10 worksheets with numbers up to 100.

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Rounding Numbers (to the nearest 10) up to 1000

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The rounding numbers worksheets in this section involve rounding numbers to the nearest 100.

They are at a more challenging level than those on this page.

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Rounding Challenges to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000

Here is our rounding challenges collection which will give your child an opportunity to apply their rounding learning.

The challenges can be tackled individually or with a partner.

Each challenge involves using rounding knowledge and properties of numbers to work out the correct answer.

• apply their knowledge of rounding to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000;
• develop their problem solving skills;
• develop their understanding about place value and properties of numbers.

All the rounding challenges support elementary math benchmarks.

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Online Rounding Practice Zone

In our Rounding Practice zone, you can practice rounding a range of numbers. You can round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or even 1000. Want to round numbers to the nearest decimal place, you can do that too!

Select the numbers you want to practice with, and print out your results when you have finished.

You can also use the practice zone for benchmarking your performance, or using it with a group of children to gauge progress.

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Rounding Off Worksheet Generator

Here is our generator for generating your own rounding off numbers worksheets.

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• rounding off to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 or 10000
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Below are our selection of Place Value, Ordering and Rounding Worksheets

The following worksheets involve different Second Grade place value activities such as counting in hundreds, tens and ones, reading, writing and ordering numbers to Hundreds, and know what number each digit represents.

Using these worksheets will help your child to:

• learn to count by hundreds, tens, fives, twos and ones;
• learn their place value to Hundreds;
• order numbers to 100.
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In these free math worksheets, students practice how to use rounding to estimate and check the answers to word problems.

How to use estimation or rounding? Estimation or rounding is a useful tool for checking answers because it allows you to quickly determine if an answer is reasonable or not.

Here are some steps you can follow to use estimation to check an answer: Step 1: Make sure you understand what you are being asked to find and what information you have been given. Step 2: Round any numbers given in the problem to the nearest whole number, or to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand, depending on the level of accuracy needed. Step 3: Use mental math to perform calculations quickly. For example, if you need to add 23 and 45, round them both to 20 and 50 and add those instead. This will give you an estimate that is close to the actual answer. Step 4: Once you have an estimate, compare it to the actual answer you calculated. If the estimate is close to the actual answer, you can be confident that your calculation is correct. If the estimate is significantly different from the actual answer, you may need to review your work and make corrections.

By using estimation to check your answers, you can catch errors early and avoid making mistakes that could lead to incorrect results.

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Rounding Word Problems Use your estimated answer for part a) to check your answer for part b).

• For the bake sale, Connie baked 144 cookies. Esther baked 49 more cookies than Connie. a. About how many cookies did Connie and Esther bake? Estimate by rounding each number to the nearest ten before adding. b. Exactly how many cookies did Connie and Esther bake?
• Raffle tickets were sold for a school fundraiser to parents, teachers, and students. 563 tickets were sold to teachers. 888 more tickets were sold to students than to teachers. 904 tickets were sold to parents. How many tickets were sold to parents, teachers, and students? a. About how many tickets were sold to parents, teachers, and students? Round each number to the nearest hundred to find your estimate. b. Exactly how many tickets were sold to parents, teachers, and students?
• From 2010 to 2011, the population of Queens increased by 16,075. Brooklyn’s population increased by 11,870 more than the population increase of Queens. a. Estimate the total combined population increase of Queens and Brooklyn from 2010 to 2011. (Round the addends to the nearest thousand to estimate.) b. Find the actual total combined population increase of Queens and Brooklyn from 2010 to 2011.
• There were 3,905 more hits on the school’s website in January than February. February had 9,854 hits. How many hits did the school’s website have during both months? a. About how many hits (roud ro the nearest thousand) did the website have during January and February? b. Exactly how many hits did the website have during January and February?
• On Sunday, 77,098 fans attended a New York Jets football game. The same day 3,397 more fans attended a New York Giants game than the Jets game. How many football fans watched the Jets and Giants play on Sunday? a. Round each number to the nearest thousand to find an estimate of how many fans there are. b. What was the actual number of fans who watched the games?

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At some point in our lives, we need to round off numbers, which is why we created a "round to the nearest ten calculator". It is a one-stop solution to rounding numbers to their nearest tens . But if you need to know,

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Consider the number 32 . According to the place value system , it is made of two numbers, 30 at the ten's position and 2 at the one's . The next ten is 40. But now observe, which one is closer to 32? Is it 30 or 40? Yes, you are right, it is 30.

This is the science behind rounding to the nearest ten. The rounding rules apply as usual. But here, you round the ten using the number at one's position. It means that if the number at one's is greater than 4, then we round up. Otherwise, we round down.

Let's consider an example. Suppose you want to round 47 47 47 to the nearest ten. Note the number at one's, 7 , is greater than four. Hence, we round up, and the number 47 now becomes 50 50 50 .

Suppose another number, 573 573 573 . Here the number at one's position is 3 , which obviously is less than four. Hence we round down, and the number 573 now becomes 570 570 570 . Notice how we didn't use or change the number at the hundred's position; that would only happen if we were rounding to the nearest hundred.

Our round to the nearest ten calculator is unique but easy to use . To round to ten, all you have to do is enter your desired number. And that is all. The rest will be handled efficiently by the tool. The rounded to ten number is displayed in the result.

For instance, you input 7689 7689 7689 ; the tool displays the result as 7690 7690 7690 . Since the 9, at one's, is greater than 4, the 89 is rounded up to 90. And the number becomes 7690.

And that is how to round to the nearest ten.

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What is 22 rounded to the nearest ten?

22 rounded to its nearest ten is 20 .

Since 20 is closer than 30 to 22, the number is rounded down. But the principle here is to check the number at one's position. If it is greater than 4, the number is rounded up, else rounded down.

How do I convert a number to the nearest ten?

To round a number to the nearest ten, follow the steps:

• Note down the number to be rounded;
• Identify the number at the one's position
• If the one's number is larger than 4 , round up the number at the ten . Otherwise, round it down.

Is a number at ten the same as tenth?

No, the number at ten is different than the number at tenth .

In the place value system, the number at ten is the one left to the number at one's. The tenth number exists only in decimals and is right after the decimal point.

In 85.2 , 80 is ten, 5 is one, and 2 is the tenth.

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This is a rounding game for two players. 

You will need a  recording sheet  shared between the two players. One sheet is enough for three games. The first player rolls a 0-9 dice twice and chooses which two-digit number they would like to make from the numbers rolled. They then round this number to the nearest 10, find the matching circle on the recording sheet and write their two digit number in one of the spaces in that circle. The second player rolls the dice twice to take their turn in a similar way. A circle is complete when it has two numbers in it and this scores a point for the person who wrote the second number in. (Even if the first number was written in by the other player.) The game is over when all the circles are full and then the points are counted up to find the winner.

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Another way to develop a student's understanding of quantity is to teach him to round numbers. Rounding numbers to the nearest ten or hundreds place is a foundational skill that will enable a student to estimate solutions to numerical operations (for example, 52 + 46 is close to 50 + 50, so the answer will be close to 100). This page includes intervention strategies that you can use to support your students in this area. As you read, consider which of these interventions best aligns with your student's strengths and needs in the whole-learner domains.

Explicit Instruction

If you are intervening to reinforce your student's ability to round numbers, you should start by explicitly teaching the skill. This sounds like:

• Explain the Skill/Concept.  Define rounding, and explain activity. ( "Rounding numbers means that we figure out an easier number to work with that has a similar value to the number we start with. If working with two-digit numbers, we might round to the nearest ten. If working with three-digit numbers, we might round to the nearest 100." "Today, we are going to learn strategies for rounding to the nearest ten." )
• Model Skill with Examples.  Think aloud about how to round a number.  ( "If I have a number, such as 36, I have to ask myself: Is 36 closer to or just about the same as 30 or 40. I can look at 36 on a number line to figure this out. When I look at 36 on a number line, I can see that it's closer to 40 than to 30, so I should round up to 40 because 36 is just about the same as 40." )
• Model Skill with Non-Examples.  Think aloud about how to round a number incorrectly. ( "What if I rounded 36 down to 30? This number is actually further from 36 than 40 is , s o rounding down gives me a less accurate estimation than rounding up to 40. Rounding to the closest ten will be especially important as we complete operations with these numbers." )
• Practice the Skill.  Engage in one or more of the activities below to practice the skill with your student, providing feedback as necessary. ( "Now you try. I'm going to show you..." )

Note:   The number 35 is halfway between 30 and 40, so the above strategy of seeing which decade number the number is closest to won't work. In this case, you need to teach the exception to the rule. Anytime you see a 5 in the place to the right of the digit you're rounding to, you round up. 

Activity A: Rounding with Number Lines or Hundreds Charts If your student is able to count with a number line or hundreds chart but struggles to round numbers to the nearest 10, teach him Rounding with Number Lines or Hundreds Charts (Petti, 2017). In this strategy, a teacher uses a number line or a hundreds chart to help a student conceptualize if the nearest ten is bigger or smaller than the number being rounded (for example, is 36 closer to 30 or 40?). To do this, the teacher gives the student a number, such as 36, and has him quantify the distance between 30 and 36 (6 spaces on the number line). Then, she has him quantify the distance between 36 and 40 (4 spaces on the number line). Then, the student has to decide which one is closer (40), which will be the decade number that the number should be rounded to. Note: This intervention can also be used to teach rounding to the nearest hundred, as long as students are able to skip count by 10s.

Rounding with Number Lines or Hundreds Charts in Action  Note: For purposes of clarity, the example below focuses on using a number line to teach this intervention. 

Teacher: We are going to practice rounding a number to the nearest ten. I'll give you a number, and then you'll figure out whether it should be rounded to the ten below it or above it by figuring out which is closer. You'll figure it out by counting the spots from your number to the others. Your number is 36. First, how far is 36 from 30?

Student: [Starting at the number 30 and pointing to each tally on the number line up to 36.] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... It's 6. 

Teacher: Now count from 36 up to 40.

Student: 1, 2, 3, 4... It's 4 units away. So 36 is closer to 40 than 30! We'd round 36 up to 40!

Petti, W. (2017). Mathcats: Rounding idea bank. Retrieved from http://mathcats.org/ideabank/rounding.html

Activity B: Rounding with Base Ten Blocks If your student has learned how to use base ten blocks but struggles to round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100, use these tools to teach rounding (Petti, 2017). In this intervention, a teacher gives a student a number (such as 36) and also a group of base ten blocks that represent that number. Then, she has the student line up the blocks and count how many blocks 36 is from 30 (6) or 40 (4) and decide which one is closer. This intervention can also be used to show that 5 is the cutoff point. In other words, if a student has a number that ends with 35, it is equally close to 30 or 40. However, if the number ends with a number less than 5, it is closer to the lower number (so the student should round down), and if it ends with a number greater than 5, it is closer to the upper number (so he should round up). 

Rounding with Base Ten Blocks in Action Teacher: I'd like you to round 36 to the nearest ten. To do this, line up your base ten blocks, and see if 36 is closer to 30 or 40.  Student (after lining up blocks): Well, I can count the spaces between 36 and 30, and I'd need to take away 6 blocks. But if I count the spaces between 36 and 40, I'd only need to add 4 blocks. So, that must mean that 36 is closer to 40. That means I would round up.

Activity C: Teach and Practice the Rules Once a student has developed a conceptual understanding of what rounding means and is able to round to the nearest 10, you can teach him to round numbers to the nearest 100 or 1000. When she is rounding to the nearest 100, teach the student to look at the tens place to figure out which hundred the number is closer to (for example, in 126, there is a 2 in the tens place, so 126 is closer to 100 than 200). When she is learning how to round to the nearest 1000, teach the student to look at the hundreds place to round up or down (for example, in 1720. there is a 7 in the hundreds place, so 1720 is closer to 2000 than 1000. The student would round up to 2000). As the student builds fluency with this concept, teach her the rules below. 

The rules are as follows:

• If the number you are rounding ends with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, round up!
• If the number you are rounding ends with 1, 2, 3, or 4, round down!

Teach and Practice the Rules in Action Teacher: Now that we have learned to round to the nearest 10, we are going to practice rounding to the nearest 100. The rules are the same, but there is one big difference: when we round to the nearest 100, we look at the tens place, not the ones place, to figure out which 100 the number is closest to. What place do we look at?

Student: The tens place. 

Teacher: Great! In the number 126, which is the tens place?

Student: The second number, 2, is in the tens place. 

Teacher: So, should we round 126 to 100 or 200?

Student: 100.

Teacher: Why?

Student: Because 20 is closer to 0 than to the next 100.

Teacher: I wonder if that's a rule — "If there's a two in the place you're rounding, you'll always round down." Let's test that rule! 

Baker, K. (2019, February 16).  How to Teach Rounding So Students Actually Understand . Teaching Made Practical. https://teachingmadepractical.com/teaching-rounding-so-students-understand/

Activity D: Estimating when Performing Operations  Once a student has mastered rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand, he can estimate numbers to get an approximate answer when performing operations (Petti, 2017). This will help a student get a general sense of the answer before he completes the problem using the exact numbers. In order to estimate when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing, the teacher teaches the student to round all the numbers in the problem and then solve it. The place that the student will round to depends on the number of digits the numbers contain. Here are some guidelines:

• Addition example: 42 + 64 = 40 + 60
• Subtraction example: 58-12 = 60-10
• Multiplication example: 62 x 13 = 60 x 10
• Division example: 24/13 = 20/10
• Addition example: 426 + 643 = 400 + 600
• Subtraction example: 585-122 = 600-100
• Multiplication example: 626 x 132 = 600 x 100
• Division example: 246/134 = 200/100
• Addition example: 4264 + 6433 = 4000 + 6000
• Subtraction example: 5854-1223 = 6000-1000
• Multiplication example: 6264 x 1322 = 6000 x 1000
• Division example: 2465/1341 = 2000/1000

Estimating when Performing Operations in Action Teacher: Now that we have learned to round numbers, we are going to practice this strategy to get an estimate of an answer when solving a problem. Right now, we'll practice rounding with addition problems. If my problem was 42 + 64, I would round to the nearest ten to estimate my answer. By rounding before I solve the problem, I have an idea of what my actual answer will be close to. This will help me check that my answer is correct.

Teacher: So, I'll round 42 to 40 and 64 to 60, which makes the new problem: 40 + 60. Because I've rounded, I can quickly solve this problem in my head: 40 + 60 is 100. This means that my actual answer will be close to 100!

Teacher: Let me check. 42 + 64 = 106. Is that close to 100? Yes!

Teacher: Now, you'll try rounding numbers to solve addition problems.

Activity E: Rounding Decimals Once a student has been introduced to decimals, he can learn similar rules for rounding decimals. In order to carry out this process, he must demonstrate a strong understanding of place value, as well as the ability to round numbers to ten, hundred, and thousand. In this strategy, a student focuses on rounding the numbers after the decimal place. However, instead of rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand, the student rounds to the nearest ten th , hundred th , or thousand th , which is how place value is described for numbers behind the decimal point. When learning to round to the nearest tenth, the teacher teaches the student to look at the hundredths place to figure out whether to round up or down (for example, in 0.16, there is a 6 in the hundredths place, so the student would round to up to 0.2). When learning how to round to the nearest hundredth, the teacher teaches the student to look at the thousandths place (the number to the right of the hundredths place) to round up or down (for example, in 0.727 there is a 7 in the thousandths place, so the student would round up to 0.73). When rounding decimals, the same rules apply:

Rounding Decimals in Action Teacher: Now that we have learned about decimals, we are going to practice rounding decimals so that we can estimate the solutions to problems that include decimals. The rules are the same, but there is one big difference: when we round numbers located behind the decimal points, we look at the tenths, hundredths, or thousandths place, not the tens, hundreds, or thousands place. What place do we look at?

Student: The tenths, hundredths, or thousandths place. 

Teacher: We know that the tenths place is the first number after the decimal, the hundreds is the second number behind the decimal, and the thousandths number is the third place behind the decimal. If I asked you to round 0.25 to the nearest tenth, you would look at the number in the 100s place and decide whether to round up to the bigger tenth or down to the smaller tenth. What digit is in the hundredth place?

Student: 5. So I should round up to .3.

Teacher: Why? 

Student: Because .25 is exactly between .2 and .3— if it's exactly in the middle, you always round up. 

Think about the following scenario, which takes place after a teacher has explicitly taught a student strategies for rounding numbers.        Teacher: " Can you round 36 to the nearest ten? "        Student: " 36. Let's see. It's closer to 30 because it has a 3 in the front. "

In such a case, what might you do? 

When you are planning your lessons, you should anticipate that your student will make errors throughout. Here are a series of prompts that you can use to respond to errors. Keep in mind that all students are different, and that some students might respond better to some types of feedback than to others.

If your student struggles to meet your objective, there are various techniques that you might try in order to adjust the activity so as best to meet your student's needs. 

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Rounding to the nearest 10

Rounding 2-digit numbers.

In these grade 1 place value worksheets, students round two-digit numbers to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in a 5 should be rounded up.

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Round to the nearest 10 Lesson

This Year 4 Rounding to 10 lesson covers the prior learning of understanding of place value of 1s, 10s and 100s, before moving onto the main skill of rounding to 10.

The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.

National Curriculum Objective Mathematics Year 4: (4N4b) Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000

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Lesson Slides

These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of place value of 1s, 10s and 100s, before moving onto the main skill of rounding to the nearest 10. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

Modelling Powerpoint

This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.

Video Tutorial

Laura demonstrates rounding 2 and 3-digit numbers using number lines in this in Round to the Nearest 10 Video Tutorial.

These are the same as the interactive slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.

1 Prior Learning

This worksheet recaps place value of 1s, 10s and 100s ready to round to the nearest 10.

Aaron shows pupils how to use a place value chart to identify how many hundreds, tens and ones a 3-digit number has in this 100s, 10s and 1s Video Tutorial.

Reasoning Activity

This Year 3 Reasoning 100s, 10s and 1s interactive activity comprises questions designed to check and consolidate pupils' understanding of 3-digit numbers.

2 Varied Fluency

This worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill for this lesson.

Interactive Activity

To round up or to round down?' is the question in this Year 4 Round to the Nearest 10 Game. Remember the rules to help develop your rounding!

2 Reasoning & Problem Solving

This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

Mixed Practice

This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of rounding to the nearest 10.

Discussion Problem

These Year 4 Round to the Nearest 10 Discussion Problems includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.

This Year 4 Round to the Nearest 10 Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of rounding to the nearest 10.

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Consolidation Pack

This resource is aimed at Year 4 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in Autumn Block 1 Place Value.

Learning Video Clip

Jake is visiting the forum while on holiday in Rome. Use your knowledge of rounding to the nearest 10 to help him use the audio guide and hear the correct commentary for each area he visits.

This Year 4 Round to the Nearest 10 IWB activity includes three questions to check pupils' understanding of rounding.

Home Learning Pack

This Autumn week 1 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets.

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Rounding reasoning & problem solving

Subject: Mathematics

Age range: 7-11

Resource type: Worksheet/Activity

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2 October 2016

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great activity.

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Great thanks - really good to get my LA Yr5er thinking.

This is really good for your HA and as extension. Just what I needed

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This is a great problem solving activity on problem solving, thanks

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