Rounding Word Problems

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

• add

• subtract

• round

• guess

If you have 819, you might say you have approximately...

• 900

• 880

• 820

• 810

Round 633 to the nearest hundred.

• 500

• 600

• 700

• 650

Viv and Frankie are searching in Madagascar, Africa for endangered mammals. They find 114. Their friends Olivia and Julia find 26 in Nigeria, Africa. Rounded to the nearest TEN, how many are there in ALL?

• 140

• 32

• 0

• 100

• 400

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

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