Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred · sheet 26 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Round 64 to the nearest ten | 60 | 70 rounding at the wrong place |
| 2 | Round 782 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 700 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 3 | Round 425 to the nearest ten | 430 | 420 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 4 | Round 750 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 700 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 5 | Round 112 to the nearest hundred | 100 | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | Round 598 to the nearest ten | 600 | 590 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 7 | Round 329 to the nearest ten | 330 | 320 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 8 | Round 614 to the nearest ten | 610 | no pattern to catch here |
| 9 | Round 128 to the nearest hundred | 100 | no pattern to catch here |
| 10 | Round 758 to the nearest ten | 760 | 750 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 11 | Round 105 to the nearest hundred | 100 | no pattern to catch here |
| 12 | Round 725 to the nearest ten | 730 | 720 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 13 | Round 682 to the nearest ten | 680 | 690 rounding at the wrong place |
| 14 | Round 461 to the nearest ten | 460 | 470 rounding at the wrong place |
| 15 | Round 483 to the nearest hundred | 500 | 400 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 16 | Round 550 to the nearest hundred | 600 | 500 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 17 | Round 250 to the nearest hundred | 300 | 200 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 18 | Round 365 to the nearest ten | 370 | 360 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 19 | Round 727 to the nearest hundred | 700 | 800 rounding at the wrong place |
| 20 | Round 387 to the nearest hundred | 400 | 300 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
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.