Rounding with Multiplication and Word Problems

When you see the word ABOUT, NEAREST, CLOSEST, or APPROXIMATELY in math, you know to . . . ?

• add

• subtract

• round

• guess

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.4.NBT.A.3

Canyon the Wonder Dog ate 4,278 newspapers.  Rounded to the nearest thousand, how many newspapers did naughty Canyon eat?

• 4,300

• 5,000

• 4,000

• 400

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.4.NBT.A.3

There are 426 scissors in the stockroom. Sally placed 500 more scissors in the stockroom. Rounded to the nearest hundred, how many scissors are now in the stockroom?

• 1,000

• 800

• 900

• 926

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.4.NBT.A.3

769,000 people visited Stone Mountain last year. The number of visitors was rounded to the nearest thousand. What is the least number of people that may have visited Stone Mountain?

• 768,999

• 769,112

• 768,432

• 768,500

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.4.NBT.A.3

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8