The Nearest 10, 100 and 1000

Learning Objective:
To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

Match the number, how the number is rounded and the number to which it is rounded. One
has been done for you.

Top Tip: Start with the larger numbers first.

39 nearest 1000 3400

65 nearest 10 70

74 nearest 100 100

145 nearest 10 700

736 nearest 10 40

1902 nearest 100 1900

3419 nearest 100 10 000

9567 nearest 100 150

Challenge
Make your own for a friend to check. Some boxes have been completed or partly completed
already. You need to include the arrows.

nearest ___

89 nearest ___

nearest 10

nearest ___

492 nearest 100

nearest 1000

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 The Nearest 10, 100 and 1000
Learning Objective:
To solve word problems with rounding.

Solve the following word problems, rounding th answer as instructed.

1. A supermarket sells 187 cartons of yoghurt a week. How many cartons is this to the nearest
10 and 100?
190 and 200
2. There are 35 245 spectators at a football match. How many is this to the nearest 10, 100
and 1000?
35 250, 35 200 and 35 000
3. A newspaper reports that about 12 400 people attended a parade. How is this rounded and
what is the range of the precises attendance?
nearest 100 and 12 350 to 12 449
4. There are 12 876 adult tickets and 5621 child tickets solf for a concert. To the nearest 10 and
100, how many tickets are sold altogther?
18 500 and 18 500
5. A shop has 2349 tins of tomatoes in stock. It sells 782 in a week. to the nearest 10, how
many will be left?
1570
6. An office recieves about 35 letters per day. To the nearest 10, how many letters does it
receive in a working week (5days)?
180
7. A swimming pool gets about 120 swimmers each day from Monday to Friday, and about
250 swimmers in total over the weekend. To the nearest 100, how many swimmers does the
pool get over the whole week?
900
8. A lorry driver travels about 370 miles per day for 5 days per week. To the nearest 100 and
1000, how many miles does the driver travel each week?
1900 and 2000

Challenge
What happens if you round the numbers in the questions, then calculate the answers?

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 The Nearest 10
Learning Objective:
To round to the nearest 10.

Write the tens either side of the given number and mark it approximately on the number line.
Then circle the 10 to which the given number is closer. (Remember, 5 goes up.)
a) 41 g) 89

40 50 80 90

b) 34 h) 55

30 40 50 60

c)12 i)183

10 20 180 190

d) 99 j) 367

90 100 360 370

e) 105 k) 896

100 110 890 900

f) 67 l) 1875

60 70 1870 1880

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Round the following numbers to the nearest 10.

44 40 95 100 1983 1980 10 783 10 780

78 80 123 120 5623 5620 19 878 19 880

16 20 176 180 9012 9010 28 003 28 000

3 0 299 300 7995 8000 37 997 38 000

89 90 364 360 6003 6000 191 000 191 010

32 30 782 780 5786 5790 398 908 398 910

Round the following numbers to the nearest 10km.

Places Distance to the nearest 10 km

Sheffield to London 257 km 260 km

Liverpool to Birmingham 141 km 140 km

Manchester to Bristol 113 km 110 km

Norwich to Plymouth 506 km 510 km

Leeds to Swansea 339 km 340 km

Blackpool to York 144 km 140 km

Newcastle to Brighton 528 km 530 km

Oxford to Exeter 221 km 220 km

Portsmouth to Carlisle 525 km 530 km

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 The Nearest 100
Learning Objective:
To round to the nearest 100.

Write the hundreds either side of the given number and mark it approximately on the number
line. Then circle the 100 to which the given number is closer. (Remember, 5 and 50 go up.)
a) 234 g) 1290

200 300 1200 1300

b) 781 h) 2045

700 800 2000 2100

c) 167 i) 3950

100 200 3900 4000

d) 502 j) 4781

500 600 4700 4800

e) 450 k) 12 456

400 500 12 400 12 500

f) 631 l) 34 780

600 700 34 700 34 800

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Round the following numbers to the nearest 100.

341 300 83 100 3009 3000 67 430 67 400

789 800 560 600 4762 4800 109 052 109 100

145 100 932 900 8420 8400 279 973 280 000

35 0 895 900 9562 9600 300 013 300 000

676 700 1804 1800 12 745 12 700 413 413 413 400

423 400 2398 2400 34 562 34 600 399 968 400 000

Round the following numbers to the nearest 100km.

Places Distance to the nearest 100km

Budapest to Zagreb 345 km 300 km

Milan to Barcelona 824 km 800 km

Bucharest to Sarajevo 796 km 800 km

London to Berlin 1050 km 1100 km

Vienna to Amsterdam 1069 km 1100 km

Warsaw to Geneva 1427 km 1400 km

Munich to Madrid 1759 km 1800 km

Istanbul to The Haugue 2593 km 2600 km

Paris to Moscow 2762 km 2800 km

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 The Nearest 1000
Learning Objective:
To round to the nearest 1000.

Write the thousands either side of the given number and mark it approximately on the number
line. Then circle the 1000 to which the given number is closer. (Remember, 5 and 500 go up.)
a) 2670 g) 24 677

2000 3000 24 000 25 000

b) 4122 h) 46 545

4000 5000 46 000 47 000

c) 3091 i) 134 304

3000 4000 134 000 135 000

d) 4562 j) 270 013

4000 5000 270 000 271 000

e) 8914 k) 342 708

8000 9000 342 000 343 000

f) 12 300 l) 450 450

12 000 13 000 450 000 451 000

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Round the following numbers to the nearest 1000.

1804 2000 12 532 13 000 190 870 191 000

2398 2000 24 665 25 000 207 207 207 000

7804 8000 31 500 32 000 345 828 346 000

2398 2000 45 838 46 000 199 666 200 000

2502 3000 66 112 66 000 451 727 452 000

2398 2000 71 008 71 000 999 700 1 000 000

Round the following numbers to the nearest 1000km.

Places Distance to the nearest 1000km

London to New York 5540 km 6000 km

Rio De Janeiro to Madrid 8140 km 8000 km

Cape Town to Rome 8450 km 8000 km

Perth to Sydney 3300 km 3000 km

Beijing to Washington 11 200 km 11 000 km

Boston to Delhi 11 500 km 12 000 km

Buenos Aires to Berlin 11 900 km 12 000 km

Christchurch to Paris 19 100 km 19 000 km

Earth to the Moon 384 403 km 384 000 km

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