This round to the nearest ten word problems worksheet gives 3rd graders four problems to solve and round, plus one written explanation. An answer key is included, so it prints and goes.
A Florida FAST 5th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 36 benchmarks, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This Rounding to Hundred Millions Worksheet gives 5th Grade students six numbers to round plus two multi-step story problems, with an answer key that makes checking quick.
A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 5th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 37 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This rounding road trip activity has 3rd to 5th Grade students round suitcase numbers to the underlined digit and match each one to an airplane card. Answer key included.
This Rounding to Hundred Billions Worksheet gives 5th grade students six twelve-digit numbers and two story problems to round, with an answer key, to build strong place value and estimation skills.
A NJSLA-A 5th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 29 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
In this 5.NBT.4 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students round decimals (up to thousandths) to the nearest tenths, hundredth or whole number.
A CMAS 5th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 37 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
In this Scooping Up Hundreds Rounding Activity, students use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 100.
Close enough is a superpower
Fifth graders take rounding to the next level: decimals. They round to the nearest whole number, tenth or hundredth, using the same rule they know from whole numbers: look at the digit to the right, and if it's 5 or more, round up. So 3.47 ≈ 3.5 to the nearest tenth. They also round really big numbers, into the millions and billions, and use rounding to estimate answers and check if they make sense. The click comes when they realize rounding decimals works exactly like rounding whole numbers.
Rounding becomes a powerful estimating tool in 5th grade. These are our go-to moves.
For 3.47, draw a number line from 3.4 to 3.5 and mark the halfway point, 3.45. Kids plot 3.47 and see it's past the middle, so it rounds to 3.5. The picture explains the rule better than any song.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withRounding Road Trip ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Don't do a whole page of "round to the nearest tenth." Mix in hundredths, whole numbers and hundred millions on the same page. Kids have to stop and find the right place each time, and that's where mistakes get fixed.
Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).
Try it withRounding to Hundred Millions WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Before every word problem, model a quick estimate out loud: "4.8 times 3 is about 5 times 3, so around 15." Then solve and compare. Kids start catching their own wild answers.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withRound to the Nearest Ten Word Problems WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Rounding games are quick and competitive. Kids love these:
ActivitiesScoop numbers onto cones and decide if each one rounds up or down.
Open Round it Up or Down Ice Cream Activity →
ActivitiesRace to round each number to the nearest hundred and collect the most scoops.
Open Scooping Up Hundreds Rounding Activity →
WorksheetsRound giant numbers to make "news headlines" that are easy to read.
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Fifth graders round decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth and hundredth, and keep practicing rounding large whole numbers. They use rounding to estimate.
Find the place you're rounding to and look at the digit to its right. If it's 5 or more, round up. If it's 4 or less, keep the digit the same and drop the rest.
2.7. The digit to the right of the tenths place is 5, so the 6 rounds up to 7.
Rounding helps with quick estimates, like checking a calculation or figuring out about how much things cost. It's a skill kids use in math and in everyday life.
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