Approximation and Estimation Worksheet
The method (Round, then calculate): Round each number to the nearest ten, hundred or whole number. Do the easy sum with the rounded numbers. Pick the option nearest to it. To round a number, look at the digit after the place you keep: 5 or more goes up, less than 5 stays.
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- 1.Round 30.39 to one decimal place. =
- 2.Which is closest to 204 × 78? (Round each number first.) (a) 160000 (b) 1600 (c) 16000 (d) 32000
- 3.Which is closest to 396 × 39? (Round each number first.) (a) 32000 (b) 160000 (c) 1600 (d) 16000
- 4.Round 10608 to the nearest ten.
- 5.Which is closest to 398 × 49? (Round each number first.) (a) 2000 (b) 200000 (c) 40000 (d) 20000
- 6.Round 92.44 to one decimal place. =
- 7.Which is closest to 898 × 20? (Round each number first.) (a) 1800 (b) 18000 (c) 36000 (d) 180000
- 8.Which is closest to 397 + 500 + 399? (a) 1300 (b) 1500 (c) 1200 (d) 1400
- 9.Round 80647 to the nearest ten.
- 10.Which is closest to 799 × 68? (Round each number first.) (a) 560000 (b) 56000 (c) 112000 (d) 5600
- 11.Which is closest to 395 + 899 + 803? (a) 2100 (b) 2300 (c) 2000 (d) 2200
- 12.Which is closest to 697 × 91? (Round each number first.) (a) 6300 (b) 63000 (c) 630000 (d) 126000
- 13.Which is closest to 299 × 49? (Round each number first.) (a) 1500 (b) 30000 (c) 150000 (d) 15000
- 14.Round 25.39 to one decimal place. =
- 15.Round 23616 to the nearest ten.
- 16.Which is closest to 804 + 195 + 398? (a) 1600 (b) 1400 (c) 1500 (d) 1300
- 17.Which is closest to 299 + 97 + 903? (a) 1500 (b) 1400 (c) 1300 (d) 1200
- 18.Round 16.42 to one decimal place. =
- 19.Round 73033 to the nearest thousand.
- 20.Which is closest to 501 + 203 + 197? (a) 1100 (b) 900 (c) 800 (d) 1000
- 21.Which is closest to 196 × 71? (Round each number first.) (a) 140000 (b) 1400 (c) 14000 (d) 28000
- 22.Which is closest to 99 + 796 + 99? (a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 1100 (d) 1000
- 23.Round 80.19 to one decimal place. =
- 24.Which is closest to 1994 ÷ 41? (a) 500 (b) 100 (c) 25 (d) 50
- 25.Which is closest to 1609 ÷ 41? (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 400 (d) 80
- 26.Round 35.82 to one decimal place. =
- 27.Which is closest to 595 + 697 + 396? (a) 1700 (b) 1900 (c) 1800 (d) 1600
- 28.Round 9259 to the nearest ten.
- 29.Round 36908 to the nearest ten.
- 30.Round 49759 to the nearest hundred.
- 31.Which is closest to 697 + 305 + 496? (a) 1400 (b) 1500 (c) 1700 (d) 1600
- 32.Round 94108 to the nearest thousand.
- 33.Which is closest to 496 × 92? (Round each number first.) (a) 90000 (b) 450000 (c) 45000 (d) 4500
- 34.Which is closest to 502 + 601 + 596? (a) 1900 (b) 1600 (c) 1700 (d) 1800
- 35.Which is closest to 397 × 52? (Round each number first.) (a) 20000 (b) 200000 (c) 2000 (d) 40000
- 36.Which is closest to 398 × 38? (Round each number first.) (a) 32000 (b) 1600 (c) 16000 (d) 160000
- 37.Which is closest to 496 × 62? (Round each number first.) (a) 300000 (b) 60000 (c) 30000 (d) 3000
- 38.Which is closest to 196 + 201 + 803? (a) 1100 (b) 1300 (c) 1400 (d) 1200
- 39.Round 50443 to the nearest thousand.
- 40.Which is closest to 1196 ÷ 19? (a) 60 (b) 120 (c) 30 (d) 600
Answer key
- 30.4
- 16000
- 16000
- 10610
- 20000
- 92.4
- 18000
- 1300
- 80650
- 56000
- 2100
- 63000
- 15000
- 25.4
- 23620
- 1400
- 1300
- 16.4
- 73000
- 900
- 14000
- 1000
- 80.2
- 50
- 40
- 35.8
- 1700
- 9260
- 36910
- 49800
- 1500
- 94000
- 45000
- 1700
- 20000
- 16000
- 30000
- 1200
- 50000
- 60
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