Word Problems 1
Rounding
Rounding with Addition
Rounding with Subtraction
Word Problems 2
100
At Stop and Shop there are 6,958 packages of chookies sold each week. How many packages of cookies will the store manager need to order if he rounds to the largest place?
Round to the thousands. Answer: 7,000
100
Round 15,000 to the nearest ten thousand.
20,000
100
Round to the largest place 6,108 + 2,951
Answer: 9,059 Rounded: 9,000
100
Round to the largest place. 521 - 398
Answer:123 Rounded: 100
100
Ashna has attended Gardiner Manor School for 195 days. Ashna 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. Balsam spends $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?
$200
200
Round 104,677 to the nearest hundred.
104,700
200
Round to the largest place 399 + 999
Answer: 1,398 Rounded: 1,000
200
Round to the largest place. 1,525 - 1,318
Answer: 207 Rounded: 200
200
Mrs. Abrams has checked out 13,658 books in the library. How many books has Mrs. Abrams checked out to the nearest ten thousand, nearest thousand and nearest hundred?
Nearest ten thousand:10,000 Nearest thousand:14,000 Nearest hundred: 13,700
300
The population in the town of Bay Shore is 26,337. The population in the town of West Islip is 28,335. Approximately how many people live in the two towns rounded to the nearest thousand?
Answer: 54,672 Rounded: 55,000
300
Round 138 to the nearest ten
140
300
Round to the largest place 1,432 + 584
Answer: 2,016 Rounded: 2,000
300
Round to the largest place. 5,287 - 164
Answer: 5,123 Rounded: 5,000
300
A lottery winner was given about $100,000. Write three numbers that could be the actual amount he won.
Many answers! $105,000 $100,006 $112,425
400
Sha'Brece earns 658 votes in the election for class president. Can Sha'Brece say he earned about 700 votes? Explain.
Yes, Sha'Brece can say this because 658 rounded to the nearest hundred is 700.
400
Round 3,460 to the nearest thousand AND the nearest hundred
3,000 and 3,500
400
Round to the largest place 185,634 + 231,357
Answer: 416,991 Rounded: 400,000
400
Round to the largest place. 57,136 - 6,498
Answer: 50,638 Rounded: 50,000
400
A company made 19,821 pencils for the students of Long Island this year. If there are the same amoutn of students next year, bbout how many pencils should they make?
20,000 pencils
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, the reached their goal. Together they raised $13,976 which is about $14,000.
500
Round 399,412 to the nearest hundred thousand AND to the nearest ten thousand
400,000
500
Round to the largest place. 905,775 + 94,251
ANswer: 1,000,026 Rounded: 1,000,000
500
Round to the largest place. 1,000,000 - 567,982
Answer:432,018 Rounded: 400,000
500
At McDonald's 305,798 cheeseburgers and 740,062 hamburgers were sold. About how many more hamburgers than cheese burgers were sold?
Answer: 434,264 Rounded: 400,000 more hamburgers than cheeseburgers
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