Word Problems 1
Rounding
Rounding with Addition
Rounding with Subtraction
Word Problems 2
100

At Stop and Shop there are 6,958 packages of cookies sold each week. How many packages of cookies will the store manager need to order if he rounds to the thousands?

 7,000

100

Round 15,233 to the nearest ten.

15,230

100

Round to the nearest tens: 

Then find the sum.

428 + 551

1,000

100

Round to the nearest tens: 

Then find the difference.

. 521 - 398

100

100

Ashley has attended Gardiner Manor School for 195 days. Ashley tells students that she has been here for almost 300 days. Is this the most accurate answer?

No, this is not accurate because she has been at school for only about 200 days.

200

Mrs. Smith spent $22,163 on shoes at DSW. If her husband asks her to round the amount of money she spent to the nearest hundred, what will she tell him?

$22,200

200

Round 24,677 to the nearest hundred.

24,700

200

Round to the nearest hundreds: 

Find the sum.

399 + 749

 1,100

200

Round to the nearest hundreds:

Then find the difference.

1,525 - 1,318

 200

200

Mrs. James has checked out 13,658 books in the library. Mrs. James told students that she checked out almost 13,000 books. Is this the most accurate answer?

No, this is not accurate because she checked out nearly 14,000 books in the library.

300

The population in the town of Bay Shore is 26,337. The population in the town of West Isle is 28,335. Approximately how many people live in the two towns rounded to the nearest thousand?

 55,000

300

Round 42,138 to the nearest ten thousand.

40,000

300

Round to the nearest hundreds:

Find the sum. 

1,432 + 2,584

 4,000

300

Round to the nearest hundreds:

Then find the difference.

 5,287 - 164

 5,000

300

A lottery winner was given about $100,000. Write two numbers that could be the actual amount he won.

Many answers! 

400

Brian earns 21,658 votes in the election for class president. Can Brian say he earned about 20,000 votes? Explain.

Yes, Brian can say this because 21,658 rounded to the nearest ten thousands is 20,000.

400

Round 423,460 to the nearest thousand 

42,000

400

Round to the nearest ten thousands: 

Find the sum.       

85,634 + 31,357

Answer: Rounded: 120,000

400

Round to the nearest ten thousands: 

Find thedifference  

57,136 - 16,498

 80,000

400

A company made 19,821 pencils for the students of Long Island this year. If there are the same amount of students next year, about how many pencils should they make?

20,000 

500

Matthew and Christopher start a fundraiser for the school. They hope to raise approximately $14,000. Matthew raises $6,132 and Christopher raises $7,844. Did they reach their goal?

Yes, they reached their goal because...

500

Round 699,412 to the nearest hundred 

700,000

500

Round to the nearest hundred thousands: 

Find the sum.

  905,775 + 94,251

1,000,000

500

Round to the nearest hundred thousands: 

Find the difference.

224,302 - 567,982

800,000

500

At McDonald's 305,798 cheeseburgers and 740,062 hamburgers were sold. About how many more hamburgers than cheese burgers were sold?

400,000 more hamburgers than cheeseburgers

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