Rounding
Least to Greatest
Greater than Less than
Addition/Subtraction
Word Problems
100

Round 1,402 to the nearest hundred.

1,400

100

1,500

1,255

1,745 

1,505 

1,205

1,205

1,255

1,500

1,505

1,745

100

1,055 

1,550

1,550 > 1,055

100

455-223

232

100

Are you going to get 100% on the math test tomorrow????!!!!

Yes!!!!!

200

Round 56,789 to the nearest ten thousand.

60,000

200

10,010

10,015

10,005

10,500

10,100

10,005 

10,010

10,015

10,100 

10,500

200

one thousand, five hundreds

2,351

2,351 > 1,500

200

783+10,556

11,294

200

Ms. Kauck bought a box of Halloween pretzels that had 36 packages of pretzels in it. She gave 19 packages to her lovely students. How many packages of pretzels did she have left in the box? 

Round & Estimate, create a tape diagram, and write a statement. Determine if your answer is reasonable.

17 packages were left in the box. 

My answer is reasonable because it is close to my estimate of 20. 

300

Round 42,909 to the nearest thousand.

43,000

300

20,366 

22,422

20,663 

21,306

22,500

20,366

20,663

21,306

22,422

22,500

300

234,500 

243,500

243,500 > 234,500

300

4,556+1,638

6,194

300

The bears scored 23 points against the Cowboys. The Cowboys scored 28 points. How many points were scored during the game yesterday?

Round & Estimate, create a tape diagram, and write a statement. Determine if your answer is reasonable.

51 points. 

My answer is reasonable because it is close to my estimate of 50 points. 

400

Round 103,306 to the nearest thousand.

103,000

400

100,500

115,000

105,000

105,500

110,505

100,500

105,000

105,500

110,505

115,000

400

200,630 

2 hundred and 4 thousands, 5 hundreds, 3 tens, 4 ones

204,534 > 200,630

400

23,400-13,364

10,036 

400

Mike got 293 pieces of candy trick or treating. Holly got 764 pieces. How many pieces of candy did they get altogether? 

Round & Estimate, create a tape diagram, and write a statement. Determine if your answer is reasonable.

Mike and Holly got 1,057 pieces of Halloween candy in total. 

Answer is reasonable because 1,057 is close to my estimate of 1,100. 

500

Round 798,865 to the nearest ten thousand

800,000

500

506,002 

560,669 

605,343 

516,500

506,224

506,002 506,224 516,500 560,669 605,343 

500

five hundred thousand and 43 ones 

506,334

506,334 > 500,043

500

600,000-554,734

45,266

500

The science center bought 20,565 crickets for the anoles to eat. The anoles ate 13,467 crickets. How many remaining crickets are there? 

Round to the nearest thousand & estimate. Create a tape diagram and write a statement. Determine if your answer is reasonable. 

There were 7,098 crickets remaining. 

My answer is reasonable because it is close to my estimate of 34,000