Rounding Word Problems Area

The areas, in acres, of Arches National Park and Great Basin National Park round to the same thousand and the same ten thousand. The area of Arches National Park is 76,519 acres. Which value could be the area, in acres, of Great Basin National Park?

• 72,658

• 76,419

• 77,100

• 80,933

If the area of Arches National Park is 76,519 acres, what is the nearest thousand acres it rounds to?

• 76,000

• 77,000

• 75,000

• 78,000

What is the nearest ten thousand acres that 76,519 acres rounds to?

• 70,000

• 80,000

• 90,000

• 100,000

If Great Basin National Park's area rounds to the same thousand as Arches National Park, which of the following could be its area?

• 75,500

• 76,000

• 77,500

• 78,000

• A

• B

• C

• D

Rounding means...

• finding the exact answer.

• always making a number smaller.

• always making a number bigger.

• making a number simpler, but keeping its value closer to what it was.

CHALLENGE QUESTION

• A

• B

• C

• D

Round 12.87 to nearest ones place.

• 12.9

• 13

• 12.90

• 13.0

Which of the following areas, in acres, rounds to the same ten thousand as 76,519 acres?

• 85,000

• 79,999

• 81,000

• 74,000

If the area of Great Basin National Park is 76,419 acres, what is the nearest thousand acres it rounds to?

• 76,000

• 77,000

• 75,000

• 78,000