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 99.86 to one decimal place. =
- 2.Round 58.61 to one decimal place. =
- 3.Round 39576 to the nearest thousand.
- 4.Which is closest to 200 × 61? (Round each number first.) (a) 120000 (b) 12000 (c) 24000 (d) 1200
- 5.Which is closest to 606 ÷ 19? (a) 15 (b) 300 (c) 60 (d) 30
- 6.Round 14.56 to one decimal place. =
- 7.Round 4166 to the nearest ten.
- 8.Which is closest to 198 × 81? (Round each number first.) (a) 16000 (b) 32000 (c) 1600 (d) 160000
- 9.Which is closest to 198 + 298 + 898? (a) 1600 (b) 1500 (c) 1400 (d) 1300
- 10.Which is closest to 598 × 28? (Round each number first.) (a) 1800 (b) 36000 (c) 180000 (d) 18000
- 11.Which is closest to 404 × 21? (Round each number first.) (a) 16000 (b) 80000 (c) 8000 (d) 800
- 12.Round 14.26 to one decimal place. =
- 13.Which is closest to 898 × 92? (Round each number first.) (a) 162000 (b) 81000 (c) 8100 (d) 810000
- 14.Round 20.68 to one decimal place. =
- 15.Which is closest to 903 × 30? (Round each number first.) (a) 27000 (b) 2700 (c) 54000 (d) 270000
- 16.Which is closest to 601 × 32? (Round each number first.) (a) 1800 (b) 18000 (c) 36000 (d) 180000
- 17.Which is closest to 703 + 98 + 901? (a) 1800 (b) 1900 (c) 1700 (d) 1600
- 18.Which is closest to 801 × 30? (Round each number first.) (a) 240000 (b) 2400 (c) 48000 (d) 24000
- 19.Round 2852 to the nearest thousand.
- 20.Which is closest to 398 × 90? (Round each number first.) (a) 3600 (b) 72000 (c) 360000 (d) 36000
- 21.Round 16862 to the nearest ten.
- 22.Round 71.61 to one decimal place. =
- 23.Which is closest to 397 + 798 + 99? (a) 1200 (b) 1300 (c) 1500 (d) 1400
- 24.Round 60.67 to one decimal place. =
- 25.Which is closest to 801 × 79? (Round each number first.) (a) 128000 (b) 64000 (c) 6400 (d) 640000
- 26.Which is closest to 299 × 48? (Round each number first.) (a) 30000 (b) 1500 (c) 15000 (d) 150000
- 27.Which is closest to 596 × 18? (Round each number first.) (a) 120000 (b) 24000 (c) 12000 (d) 1200
- 28.Round 11.89 to one decimal place. =
- 29.Which is closest to 791 ÷ 21? (a) 80 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 400
- 30.Which is closest to 599 × 28? (Round each number first.) (a) 1800 (b) 18000 (c) 180000 (d) 36000
- 31.Which is closest to 591 ÷ 31? (a) 200 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 10
- 32.Which is closest to 593 ÷ 19? (a) 300 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 60
- 33.Which is closest to 197 × 69? (Round each number first.) (a) 140000 (b) 14000 (c) 28000 (d) 1400
- 34.Which is closest to 593 ÷ 31? (a) 40 (b) 200 (c) 10 (d) 20
- 35.Which is closest to 700 × 68? (Round each number first.) (a) 98000 (b) 49000 (c) 490000 (d) 4900
- 36.Round 10529 to the nearest hundred.
- 37.Which is closest to 204 + 403 + 298? (a) 1000 (b) 1100 (c) 800 (d) 900
- 38.Which is closest to 902 + 705 + 695? (a) 2400 (b) 2300 (c) 2200 (d) 2500
- 39.Which is closest to 696 + 297 + 901? (a) 1800 (b) 2000 (c) 2100 (d) 1900
- 40.Which is closest to 595 + 100 + 201? (a) 1000 (b) 800 (c) 900 (d) 1100
Answer key
- 99.9
- 58.6
- 40000
- 12000
- 30
- 14.6
- 4170
- 16000
- 1400
- 18000
- 8000
- 14.3
- 81000
- 20.7
- 27000
- 18000
- 1700
- 24000
- 3000
- 36000
- 16860
- 71.6
- 1300
- 60.7
- 64000
- 15000
- 12000
- 11.9
- 40
- 18000
- 20
- 30
- 14000
- 20
- 49000
- 10500
- 900
- 2300
- 1900
- 900
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