3rd grade · Math · Unit 2 of 18
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.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 3.4(B); 3.2(C) · rounding to the nearest 10 or 100 and placing numbers between multiples of 10 and 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 Texas
In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 2 of 18 in 3rd grade Math, after Numbers to 100,000 and before Add & Subtract.
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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)
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 73 to the nearest ten.
- 70
- 80
- 100
70
Hint: Look at the ones digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 2
Which number is the greatest?
- 335
- 562
- 329
562
Hint: Compare the hundreds first, then the tens.
Question 3
Round 804 to the nearest ten.
- 804
- 800
- 810
800
Hint: Look at the ones digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 4
Round 608 to the nearest hundred.
- 610
- 600
- 700
600
Hint: Look at the tens digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 5
Round 867 to the nearest hundred.
- 870
- 800
- 900
900
Hint: Look at the tens digit. 5 or more, round up. Less than 5, round down.
Question 6
What number is missing?
0, , 400, 600, 800
- 200
- 197
- 194
200
Hint: Count by 200s.