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.
Alaska content standards learning standard: 3.NBT.1 · rounding whole numbers within 1000 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 Alaska
In the Alaska content standards, 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.
Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
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 255 to the nearest hundred.
- 200
- 300
- 260
300
Hint: Look at the tens digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 2
Round 224 to the nearest ten.
- 230
- 220
- 200
220
Hint: Look at the ones digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 3
Round 149 to the nearest hundred.
- 150
- 200
- 100
100
Hint: Look at the tens digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 4
What number is missing?
200, 300, 400, , 600
- 496
- 500
- 503
500
Hint: Count by 100s.
Question 5
Count back by 50s. What comes next?
300, 250, 200, 150,
- 105
- 110
- 100
100
Hint: Take away 50 each time.
Question 6
Tap the numbers from smallest to biggest.
- 437
- 932
- 225
- 498
225 → 437 → 498 → 932
Hint: Compare the hundreds digit first.