3rd grade · Math · Unit 8 of 14
Round & Count
Round, count and compare to 1000
What your child practices
Rounding numbers to the nearest ten or hundred, counting forward and back by 50s, 100s and 200s, and comparing and ordering numbers up to 1000.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.10 · rounding whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- To round to the nearest ten, look at the ones digit.
- If the ones digit is 5 or more, round up. If less than 5, round down.
- Skip count forward or back by 10s, 50s or 100s.
Example: Round 166 to the nearest ten. The ones digit is 6, which is 5 or more. Round up: 170. Answer: 170
Round & Count in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 8 of 14 in 3rd grade Math, after Time and before Area & Perimeter.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Round 706 to the nearest ten.
- 710
- 700
- 706
710
Hint: Look at the ones digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 2
What number is missing?
200, 300, , 500, 600
- 400
- 403
- 397
400
Hint: Count by 100s.
Question 3
Tap the numbers from smallest to biggest.
- 527
- 933
- 726
- 591
527 → 591 → 726 → 933
Hint: Compare the hundreds digit first.
Question 4
Round 818 to the nearest hundred.
- 800
- 820
- 900
800
Hint: Look at the tens digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 5
Count back by 100s. What comes next?
800, 700, 600, 500,
- 403
- 400
- 395
400
Hint: Take away 100 each time.
Question 6
Round 109 to the nearest hundred.
- 110
- 100
- 200
100
Hint: Look at the tens digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.