Rounding Worksheets

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Rounding is taught as a rule about the digit to the right, and it works, but students who only have the rule fall apart on a question like round 4,972 to the nearest hundred. What helps is the number line: which hundred is 4,972 closer to? These sheets use both. The early pages put numbers on marked lines so the answer is a matter of looking, and the later ones drop the line once the intuition is there and the rule has something to stand on.

Sheets rounding to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand, with number lines on the early pages and bare numbers later, plus sets on rounding decimals to one and two places. Some pages include estimation questions where rounding is used to check whether an answer is sensible. Clear layouts with room to work. One worksheet per US Letter page, black and white.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the rule for rounding?
Look at the digit immediately to the right of the place you are rounding to. If it is 5 or more, round up; if it is 4 or less, round down. Everything to the right of the rounding place becomes zero, or disappears if you are rounding decimals.
Why does 5 round up?
It is a convention rather than a mathematical necessity — five is exactly halfway, so a decision had to be made, and rounding half up is the common school rule. Some fields use different conventions for this reason, but round half up is what school worksheets and tests expect.
What happens when rounding causes a carry?
You carry as normal. Rounding 397 to the nearest ten gives 400, not 3,100 — the 9 rounds up to 10, which carries into the hundreds. These questions catch students out more than any other kind, so they appear deliberately on the later sheets.
Do you round the original number or your rounded answer?
Always the original. Rounding 4,449 to the nearest hundred gives 4,400, not 4,500 — you do not round to the tens first and then round that result. Chained rounding is a common error and worth naming explicitly.