Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred · sheet 24 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Round 260 to the nearest hundred | 300 | 200 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 2 | Round 931 to the nearest ten | 930 | no pattern to catch here |
| 3 | Round 697 to the nearest ten | 700 | 690 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 4 | Round 849 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 900 rounding at the wrong place |
| 5 | Round 314 to the nearest hundred | 300 | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | Round 387 to the nearest ten | 390 | 380 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 7 | Round 555 to the nearest ten | 560 | 550 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 8 | Round 545 to the nearest ten | 550 | 540 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 9 | Round 423 to the nearest ten | 420 | no pattern to catch here |
| 10 | Round 720 to the nearest hundred | 700 | 800 rounding at the wrong place |
| 11 | Round 550 to the nearest hundred | 600 | 500 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 12 | Round 899 to the nearest ten | 900 | 890 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 13 | Round 513 to the nearest ten | 510 | no pattern to catch here |
| 14 | Round 750 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 700 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 15 | Round 171 to the nearest hundred | 200 | 100 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 16 | Round 850 to the nearest hundred | 900 | 800 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 17 | Round 739 to the nearest ten | 740 | 730 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 18 | Round 538 to the nearest hundred | 500 | 600 rounding at the wrong place |
| 19 | Round 25 to the nearest ten | 30 | 20 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 20 | Round 799 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 700 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
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.