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 74.93 to one decimal place. =
- 2.Which is closest to 197 × 58? (Round each number first.) (a) 12000 (b) 120000 (c) 1200 (d) 24000
- 3.Round 8107 to the nearest ten.
- 4.Round 13.06 to one decimal place. =
- 5.Which is closest to 599 × 62? (Round each number first.) (a) 72000 (b) 360000 (c) 3600 (d) 36000
- 6.Which is closest to 901 + 401 + 396? (a) 1900 (b) 1600 (c) 1800 (d) 1700
- 7.Which is closest to 499 + 295 + 95? (a) 900 (b) 800 (c) 1000 (d) 1100
- 8.Round 22251 to the nearest ten.
- 9.Which is closest to 902 × 18? (Round each number first.) (a) 36000 (b) 180000 (c) 1800 (d) 18000
- 10.Which is closest to 296 + 104 + 400? (a) 700 (b) 1000 (c) 900 (d) 800
- 11.Which is closest to 802 + 900 + 396? (a) 2000 (b) 2200 (c) 2100 (d) 2300
- 12.Round 26377 to the nearest ten.
- 13.Which is closest to 901 × 88? (Round each number first.) (a) 8100 (b) 810000 (c) 81000 (d) 162000
- 14.Which is closest to 801 + 96 + 597? (a) 1400 (b) 1500 (c) 1700 (d) 1600
- 15.Which is closest to 296 × 80? (Round each number first.) (a) 2400 (b) 240000 (c) 48000 (d) 24000
- 16.Round 80.77 to one decimal place. =
- 17.Which is closest to 601 ÷ 29? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 200 (d) 40
- 18.Which is closest to 899 + 495 + 197? (a) 1800 (b) 1500 (c) 1700 (d) 1600
- 19.Which is closest to 797 + 403 + 104? (a) 1200 (b) 1500 (c) 1300 (d) 1400
- 20.Which is closest to 802 + 204 + 103? (a) 1100 (b) 1000 (c) 1200 (d) 1300
- 21.Which is closest to 196 × 20? (Round each number first.) (a) 8000 (b) 4000 (c) 400 (d) 40000
- 22.Which is closest to 696 × 52? (Round each number first.) (a) 35000 (b) 70000 (c) 350000 (d) 3500
- 23.Which is closest to 896 × 89? (Round each number first.) (a) 162000 (b) 8100 (c) 81000 (d) 810000
- 24.Which is closest to 1601 ÷ 21? (a) 80 (b) 40 (c) 800 (d) 160
- 25.Round 48929 to the nearest ten.
- 26.Which is closest to 401 × 80? (Round each number first.) (a) 3200 (b) 64000 (c) 320000 (d) 32000
- 27.Which is closest to 596 × 50? (Round each number first.) (a) 3000 (b) 300000 (c) 30000 (d) 60000
- 28.Round 65640 to the nearest thousand.
- 29.Round 11643 to the nearest ten.
- 30.Round 42.66 to one decimal place. =
- 31.Round 74.13 to one decimal place. =
- 32.Round 63.47 to one decimal place. =
- 33.Which is closest to 598 × 21? (Round each number first.) (a) 120000 (b) 1200 (c) 12000 (d) 24000
- 34.Round 97.86 to one decimal place. =
- 35.Which is closest to 598 × 31? (Round each number first.) (a) 1800 (b) 36000 (c) 18000 (d) 180000
- 36.Which is closest to 203 × 49? (Round each number first.) (a) 100000 (b) 20000 (c) 1000 (d) 10000
- 37.Which is closest to 699 × 58? (Round each number first.) (a) 84000 (b) 420000 (c) 42000 (d) 4200
- 38.Which is closest to 802 ÷ 39? (a) 200 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 10
- 39.Round 97361 to the nearest thousand.
- 40.Which is closest to 801 × 70? (Round each number first.) (a) 56000 (b) 112000 (c) 5600 (d) 560000
Answer key
- 74.9
- 12000
- 8110
- 13.1
- 36000
- 1700
- 900
- 22250
- 18000
- 800
- 2100
- 26380
- 81000
- 1500
- 24000
- 80.8
- 20
- 1600
- 1300
- 1100
- 4000
- 35000
- 81000
- 80
- 48930
- 32000
- 30000
- 66000
- 11640
- 42.7
- 74.1
- 63.5
- 12000
- 97.9
- 18000
- 10000
- 42000
- 20
- 97000
- 56000
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