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.Which is closest to 596 × 38? (Round each number first.) (a) 2400 (b) 24000 (c) 48000 (d) 240000
- 2.Round 30081 to the nearest ten.
- 3.Round 70.39 to one decimal place. =
- 4.Which is closest to 697 × 18? (Round each number first.) (a) 1400 (b) 140000 (c) 28000 (d) 14000
- 5.Round 48462 to the nearest hundred.
- 6.Which is closest to 503 × 40? (Round each number first.) (a) 2000 (b) 200000 (c) 40000 (d) 20000
- 7.Round 73.12 to one decimal place. =
- 8.Round 33.82 to one decimal place. =
- 9.Which is closest to 396 + 401 + 405? (a) 1400 (b) 1100 (c) 1300 (d) 1200
- 10.Which is closest to 196 + 703 + 96? (a) 1000 (b) 900 (c) 1200 (d) 1100
- 11.Which is closest to 504 × 79? (Round each number first.) (a) 80000 (b) 4000 (c) 40000 (d) 400000
- 12.Round 27256 to the nearest thousand.
- 13.Which is closest to 199 × 69? (Round each number first.) (a) 14000 (b) 140000 (c) 28000 (d) 1400
- 14.Which is closest to 402 ÷ 19? (a) 40 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 200
- 15.Round 19913 to the nearest ten.
- 16.Round 91.88 to one decimal place. =
- 17.Which is closest to 695 + 105 + 896? (a) 1800 (b) 1900 (c) 1600 (d) 1700
- 18.Which is closest to 301 × 91? (Round each number first.) (a) 270000 (b) 27000 (c) 2700 (d) 54000
- 19.Which is closest to 698 × 39? (Round each number first.) (a) 56000 (b) 280000 (c) 2800 (d) 28000
- 20.Round 97144 to the nearest hundred.
- 21.Which is closest to 704 + 899 + 895? (a) 2700 (b) 2600 (c) 2400 (d) 2500
- 22.Which is closest to 1992 ÷ 41? (a) 100 (b) 500 (c) 50 (d) 25
- 23.Round 58702 to the nearest thousand.
- 24.Round 83080 to the nearest hundred.
- 25.Round 28213 to the nearest thousand.
- 26.Round 23667 to the nearest hundred.
- 27.Round 22621 to the nearest thousand.
- 28.Which is closest to 799 × 72? (Round each number first.) (a) 560000 (b) 5600 (c) 112000 (d) 56000
- 29.Which is closest to 604 + 598 + 695? (a) 1900 (b) 1800 (c) 2100 (d) 2000
- 30.Round 48.56 to one decimal place. =
- 31.Round 87478 to the nearest thousand.
- 32.Which is closest to 804 × 88? (Round each number first.) (a) 72000 (b) 144000 (c) 720000 (d) 7200
- 33.Which is closest to 501 × 19? (Round each number first.) (a) 100000 (b) 1000 (c) 10000 (d) 20000
- 34.Which is closest to 296 + 95 + 503? (a) 1000 (b) 1100 (c) 900 (d) 800
- 35.Which is closest to 200 + 96 + 100? (a) 600 (b) 500 (c) 400 (d) 300
- 36.Which is closest to 500 × 81? (Round each number first.) (a) 40000 (b) 4000 (c) 80000 (d) 400000
- 37.Which is closest to 296 × 21? (Round each number first.) (a) 6000 (b) 12000 (c) 600 (d) 60000
- 38.Round 95399 to the nearest thousand.
- 39.Which is closest to 503 + 503 + 203? (a) 1300 (b) 1400 (c) 1100 (d) 1200
- 40.Round 34086 to the nearest ten.
Answer key
- 24000
- 30080
- 70.4
- 14000
- 48500
- 20000
- 73.1
- 33.8
- 1200
- 1000
- 40000
- 27000
- 14000
- 20
- 19910
- 91.9
- 1700
- 27000
- 28000
- 97100
- 2500
- 50
- 59000
- 83100
- 28000
- 23700
- 23000
- 56000
- 1900
- 48.6
- 87000
- 72000
- 10000
- 900
- 400
- 40000
- 6000
- 95000
- 1200
- 34090
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