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 396 × 19? (Round each number first.) (a) 800 (b) 8000 (c) 16000 (d) 80000
- 2.Which is closest to 1198 ÷ 31? (a) 80 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 400
- 3.Round 56.43 to one decimal place. =
- 4.Which is closest to 299 × 49? (Round each number first.) (a) 30000 (b) 1500 (c) 150000 (d) 15000
- 5.Round 82.64 to one decimal place. =
- 6.Round 55917 to the nearest hundred.
- 7.Round 19.12 to one decimal place. =
- 8.Which is closest to 901 + 905 + 602? (a) 2300 (b) 2400 (c) 2600 (d) 2500
- 9.Which is closest to 603 × 40? (Round each number first.) (a) 48000 (b) 24000 (c) 2400 (d) 240000
- 10.Round 79214 to the nearest ten.
- 11.Round 89048 to the nearest ten.
- 12.Which is closest to 1793 ÷ 19? (a) 180 (b) 90 (c) 45 (d) 900
- 13.Which is closest to 201 × 50? (Round each number first.) (a) 100000 (b) 1000 (c) 10000 (d) 20000
- 14.Round 69.08 to one decimal place. =
- 15.Which is closest to 300 + 204 + 598? (a) 1000 (b) 1100 (c) 1300 (d) 1200
- 16.Which is closest to 200 × 48? (Round each number first.) (a) 100000 (b) 20000 (c) 10000 (d) 1000
- 17.Which is closest to 703 × 89? (Round each number first.) (a) 630000 (b) 126000 (c) 6300 (d) 63000
- 18.Which is closest to 1501 ÷ 51? (a) 300 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 60
- 19.Which is closest to 604 × 91? (Round each number first.) (a) 54000 (b) 540000 (c) 108000 (d) 5400
- 20.Which is closest to 603 × 60? (Round each number first.) (a) 72000 (b) 360000 (c) 36000 (d) 3600
- 21.Which is closest to 3199 ÷ 39? (a) 40 (b) 160 (c) 80 (d) 800
- 22.Which is closest to 696 × 81? (Round each number first.) (a) 5600 (b) 112000 (c) 560000 (d) 56000
- 23.Round 38.86 to one decimal place. =
- 24.Which is closest to 595 ÷ 31? (a) 40 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 200
- 25.Which is closest to 204 × 72? (Round each number first.) (a) 14000 (b) 140000 (c) 28000 (d) 1400
- 26.Which is closest to 502 × 19? (Round each number first.) (a) 1000 (b) 10000 (c) 20000 (d) 100000
- 27.Which is closest to 2502 ÷ 51? (a) 100 (b) 25 (c) 500 (d) 50
- 28.Round 80.16 to one decimal place. =
- 29.Which is closest to 904 × 61? (Round each number first.) (a) 108000 (b) 5400 (c) 54000 (d) 540000
- 30.Which is closest to 798 + 297 + 201? (a) 1500 (b) 1300 (c) 1200 (d) 1400
- 31.Which is closest to 696 × 82? (Round each number first.) (a) 560000 (b) 112000 (c) 56000 (d) 5600
- 32.Which is closest to 397 + 604 + 304? (a) 1500 (b) 1300 (c) 1400 (d) 1200
- 33.Which is closest to 900 × 88? (Round each number first.) (a) 8100 (b) 810000 (c) 81000 (d) 162000
- 34.Which is closest to 703 × 18? (Round each number first.) (a) 14000 (b) 1400 (c) 140000 (d) 28000
- 35.Round 14.88 to one decimal place. =
- 36.Round 77.17 to one decimal place. =
- 37.Which is closest to 600 + 401 + 797? (a) 1700 (b) 2000 (c) 1800 (d) 1900
- 38.Which is closest to 299 + 898 + 700? (a) 2000 (b) 1800 (c) 1900 (d) 2100
- 39.Round 92.79 to one decimal place. =
- 40.Round 45203 to the nearest thousand.
Answer key
- 8000
- 40
- 56.4
- 15000
- 82.6
- 55900
- 19.1
- 2400
- 24000
- 79210
- 89050
- 90
- 10000
- 69.1
- 1100
- 10000
- 63000
- 30
- 54000
- 36000
- 80
- 56000
- 38.9
- 20
- 14000
- 10000
- 50
- 80.2
- 54000
- 1300
- 56000
- 1300
- 81000
- 14000
- 14.9
- 77.2
- 1800
- 1900
- 92.8
- 45000
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