Lesson 5 of 8 ยท Grades 4 to 5
Practice: Rounding whole numbers
Ten questions on rounding whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand, including a shopping estimate and numbers that sit exactly halfway.
How to use this page
This page gives you ten more questions on the same idea as the lesson "Rounding whole numbers". Work through them at your own speed. Write your answer down or say it out loud before you open the answer box, so you give yourself a real chance to think.
If a question feels hard, go back to the lesson and look at the worked example again. Getting a question wrong is useful; it shows you the part that needs one more look.
Practice questions
Answer all ten questions in your notebook or in your head. Then open each answer to check your work.
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Round 86 to the nearest ten.
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90. The ones digit is 6, so the number rounds up.
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Round 1,342 to the nearest ten.
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1,340. The ones digit is 2, so the tens digit stays.
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Round 2,750 to the nearest hundred.
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2,800. It is exactly halfway, and the halfway rule sends it up.
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Round 6,499 to the nearest thousand.
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6,000. The hundreds digit is 4, so the thousands digit stays.
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Round 5,051 to the nearest hundred.
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5,100. The tens digit is 5, so the number rounds up.
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Round 12,963 to the nearest thousand.
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13,000. The hundreds digit is 9, so the number rounds up.
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A book has 287 pages. About how many pages is that, to the nearest ten?
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290 pages. The ones digit is 7, so the number rounds up.
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Round 8,845 to the nearest hundred.
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8,800. The tens digit is 4, so the hundreds digit stays.
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Round 999 to the nearest ten.
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1,000. The ones digit is 9, so 999 rounds up to the next ten.
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A stadium has 4,050 fans. Which is the better estimate to the nearest thousand: 4,000 or 5,000?
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4,000. The hundreds digit is 0, so the number stays at 4,000.