Rounding
Word Problems
Addition
100

Round 6,126 to the nearest thousand. 

6,000

100

Mackenzie buys 7 boxes of markers with 8 in each box. Cece buys 6 boxes of markers with 12 markers in each box. How many markers did Mackenzie and Cece buy in all?

128 markers

100

2,085 + 1,855 = 

3,940

200

Round 107,890 to the nearest thousand,

108,000

200

Bryan is having a pizza party. He has 36 slices of pizza.  He has 9 plates. He puts the same number of slices on each plate.  How many slices of pizza are on each plate?

4 slices

200

18,864 + 1,132 = 

19,996

300

Round 700,107 to the nearest thousand. 

700,000

300

Ms. Vela was born in 1963. How old is she now?

She is going to be 61 in December.
400

Round 700,625 to the nearest thousand.

700,100

400

Kai, Charlie, and Malaya were having a contest to see who could throw a softball the farthest. Kai threw the ball 9 feet. Charlie threw the ball three times as far as Kai. Malaya threw the softball 3 feet farther than Charlie. How far did Malaya throw the softball?

30 feet

500

Round 130,861,007 to the nearest million.

131,000,000

500

Fred drove from Niagara Falls to Chicago, a distance of 556 miles.  Then he drove from Chicago to St. Louis, a distance of 297 miles.  After that, he drove to Phoenix, a distance of 1,458 miles. How many miles did Fred drive in all?

2,311

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