Rounding
Multistep Word Problems
100

795 rounded to the nearest 10 is....

800

100

What is the sum of 156, 283, and 384? Explain how you solved the problem.

823

200

Round the numbers to the nearest given place value. 

a. Round 84 the nearest ten. ___________ 

b. Round 84 to the nearest hundred. ___________ 

c. Round 699 to the nearest ten. ___________ 

d. Round 699  to the nearest hundred. ___________ 

90

100

700

700

200

Mia had 29 farm animal stickers and 25 sea animal stickers. Mia used all of the stickers to fill a 6-page scrapbook. She put the same number of stickers on each 

page. How many stickers did she put on each page? 

9 stickers on each page

300

Is the statement about the rounded number true? Write true or false. 

a. 349 rounded to the nearest ten is 350. True False 

b. 249 rounded to the nearest hundred is 250. True False 

c. 555 rounded to the nearest ten is 560. True False 

d. 877 rounded to the nearest hundred is 800. True False 

True

false

true

false

300

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough $8 a tub

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough $5 a tub 

Oatmeal Raisin $11 a tub

Joe sold 3 tubs of Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Dough and 6 tubs of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

How much money did he raise in all? 

$11x3=33 $8x6= $48

$33+$48= $81

400

Victor has 387 stickers and 471 postage stamps in his collection. To the nearest hundred, about how many total stickers and stamps does he have in his collection? 

Ⓐ About 300 

Ⓑ About 500 

Ⓒ About 700 

Ⓓ About 900 

D

400


Monday  276 Tuesday 469 Wednesday 289 Thursday 454

how many more students visited the zoo on Monday and Tuesday than on Wednesday? 

456

500

Bea rounded a number to the nearest 10 and the result was 60. 

 What is the smallest Bea’s number could be?___________ 

b. What is the largest Bea’s number could be?____________ 

 55

64

500

Katrina is trying to earn a high score on her video game. She scored 488 points in the first round of the game and 149 points in the second round of the game. She must score 901 points total to earn a high score. How many more points must Katrina score in the third round to earn the high score? 

Create an equation that can be used to find out how many more points she must get to earn the high score. Use a symbol for the unknown number.  

264

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