Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred · sheet 6 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Round 350 to the nearest hundred | 400 | 300 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 2 | Round 702 to the nearest ten | 700 | no pattern to catch here |
| 3 | Round 248 to the nearest ten | 250 | 240 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 4 | Round 488 to the nearest ten | 490 | 480 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 5 | Round 750 to the nearest hundred | 800 | 700 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 6 | Round 572 to the nearest hundred | 600 | 500 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 7 | Round 585 to the nearest ten | 590 | 580 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 8 | Round 268 to the nearest hundred | 300 | 200 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 9 | Round 187 to the nearest hundred | 200 | 100 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 10 | Round 375 to the nearest ten | 380 | 370 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 11 | Round 437 to the nearest hundred | 400 | no pattern to catch here |
| 12 | Round 407 to the nearest ten | 410 | 400 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 13 | Round 211 to the nearest hundred | 200 | no pattern to catch here |
| 14 | Round 684 to the nearest ten | 680 | 690 rounding at the wrong place |
| 15 | Round 181 to the nearest hundred | 200 | 100 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 16 | Round 450 to the nearest hundred | 500 | 400 cutting the number off instead of rounding or rounding at the wrong place |
| 17 | Round 880 to the nearest hundred | 900 | 800 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 18 | Round 452 to the nearest ten | 450 | 460 rounding at the wrong place |
| 19 | Round 58 to the nearest ten | 60 | 50 cutting the number off instead of rounding |
| 20 | Round 825 to the nearest ten | 830 | 820 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.