Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred · sheet 11 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Round 675 to the nearest ten | 680 | 670 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 2 | Round 845 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 900 rounding at the wrong place |
| 3 | Round 274 to the nearest ten | 270 | 280 rounding at the wrong place |
| 4 | Round 203 to the nearest ten | 200 | no pattern to catch here |
| 5 | Round 713 to the nearest ten | 710 | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | Round 661 to the nearest ten | 660 | 670 rounding at the wrong place |
| 7 | Round 641 to the nearest hundred | 600 | 700 rounding at the wrong place |
| 8 | Round 696 to the nearest hundred | 700 | 600 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 9 | Round 650 to the nearest hundred | 700 | 600 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 10 | Round 25 to the nearest ten | 30 | 20 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 11 | Round 37 to the nearest ten | 40 | 30 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 12 | Round 350 to the nearest hundred | 400 | 300 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 13 | Round 895 to the nearest ten | 900 | 890 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 14 | Round 749 to the nearest ten | 750 | 740 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 15 | Round 135 to the nearest hundred | 100 | no pattern to catch here |
| 16 | Round 545 to the nearest hundred | 500 | 600 rounding at the wrong place |
| 17 | Round 432 to the nearest ten | 430 | no pattern to catch here |
| 18 | Round 250 to the nearest hundred | 300 | 200 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 19 | Round 687 to the nearest hundred | 700 | 600 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 20 | Round 244 to the nearest hundred | 200 | no pattern to catch here |
Reading the wrong answers
One wrong answer is a slip. The same pattern on three or more problems is a rule your child is following, and it has a name and a fix. Problems marked "no pattern to catch" are the plain ones; a child who gets only those right is telling you something too.