Rounding to Tens Worksheet

Rounding is one of the first big estimation skills a fourth grader meets, and it starts at the tens place. This rounding to tens worksheet asks students to look at a multi-digit number, find the ones digit, and decide whether the number moves up to the next ten or stays at the ten below it. That single decision sits at the heart of CCSS 4.NBT.A.3, which asks students to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place. Once children can round confidently to the nearest ten, rounding to hundreds, thousands, and beyond becomes the same move applied one place further to the left.

This 4th grade rounding worksheet gives twelve numbers, from three digits all the way up to six digits, each printed in its own card with a roomy answer box underneath. Students write the rounded number inside the box, which keeps the work tidy and makes the page easy to grade at a glance. Two of the items end in a five, so children have to apply the rule that a five always rounds up, and one of those carries across the tens into the hundreds place. A short Explain Your Thinking section closes the page by asking students to find and describe another student’s mistake, then write the correct answer.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 12 round-to-the-nearest-ten problems with printed answer boxes
• 1 error-analysis writing prompt with three response lines

There are three reasons this rounding to tens worksheet helps children learn. First, every item uses the same clear routine, look at the ones digit and then decide, so students build one reliable habit instead of guessing. Second, the numbers grow steadily from 347 up to 593,748, which shows children that the size of a number never changes the rule. Third, the closing explanation task turns a procedure into reasoning, because a student who can name someone else’s mistake understands the place value behind the rule and not just the steps.

Teachers and parents can stretch this practice in simple ways. Sketch an open number line on scrap paper, mark the two tens on either side of a number, and have your child plot the number and see which ten is closer. Read prices off a grocery receipt and round each one to the nearest ten cents before adding them up for a quick estimate. Roll dice or draw digit cards to build a fresh multi-digit number, round it together, and check the result with a calculator. Ending the week by rounding the same number to tens, then hundreds, then thousands shows children how one skill scales across the whole place value chart.

Related Resources

• Rounding to the Nearest Hundred Worksheet
• Rounding to the Nearest Thousand Worksheet
• Rounding to Ten Thousands Worksheet
• Counting By Tens Song from Have Fun Teaching