Rounding
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Greatest/ Least
Word Problems
100

Rounded to the nearest ten

53

50

100

Round 98 to the lowest and highest number and also find the midpoint. Circle the point the number it's closest to. (round tens place)

L:90, H:100, M:95

100

The small room seats 20 people when rounded to the nearest ten. 


What is the greatest and least possible number of seats in the classroom?

24 and 15

100

The first bus had 96 passengers and the second bus had 77 passengers. There are about how many passengers into total? Round to the nearest ten.

100 + 80 = 180

200

Round to the nearest hundred

465

500

200

Round 236 to the lowest and highest number and also find the midpoint. Circle the point the number it's closest to. (round hundreds place)

L:200, H:300, M:250

200

The auditorium seats 500 people when rounded to the nearest hundred.


What is the greatest and least possible number of seats in the auditorium?

549 and 450

200

In the morning, there are about 452 planes taking off from the airport and 127 of the planes are delayed for  15 minutes. About how many planes will take off after 15 minutes of the scheduled time? Round to the nearest hundred.

500 + 100 = 600

300

Round to the nearest thousand

2,345 

2,000

300

Round 9,273 to the lowest and highest number and also find the midpoint. Circle the point the number it's closest to. ( round thousands place)

L:9,000 H:10,000, M:9,500

300

The theatre seats 18,000 people when rounded to the nearest thousand.


What is the greatest and least possible number of seats in the classroom?

18,499 and 17,500

300

In a city, there are 45,960 electric cars and 96,113 gas cars. There are about how many more gas cars than electric cars? Round to the nearest thousand. 

96,000 - 46,000+ 50,000

400

Round to the nearest ten thousand

 85,620

86,000

400

Round 11,298 to the lowest and highest number and also find the midpoint. Circle the point the number it's closest to. (round ten thousands place)

L: 11,000, H: 12,000, M:11,500

400

The ice arena seats 56,000 people when rounded to the nearest thousand.


What is the greatest and least possible number of seats in the classroom?

56,499 and 55,500

400

Cashier A collected $395,350 in ticket sales, while Cashier B collected $739,773 in ticket sales. Altogether, they collected about how many in ticket sales? Round to the nearest ten thousand. 

$400,000 + $740,000 = $1,140,000

500

Round to the nearest hundred thousand 

986,367

1,000,000

500

Round 450,683 to the lowest and highest number and also find the midpoint. Circle the point the number it's closest to. (round to hundred thousands)

L:400,000, H:500,000, M: 450,000

500

The an outside stadium seats 338,000 people when rounded to the ten thousand.


What is the greatest and least possible number of seats in the classroom?

338,499 and 320,500

500

893,458 people camped in tents this summer. Round this number to the nearest hundred thousand to show how many people camped.

900,000