VC2M5N08
check and explain the reasonableness of solutions to problems, including financial contexts using estimation strategies appropriate to the context
- interpreting a series of contextual problems to decide whether an exact answer or an approximate calculation is appropriate, and explaining their reasoning in relation to the context and the numbers involved
- recognising the effect of rounding addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations, and rounding both numbers up, both numbers down, and one number up and one number down; and explaining which estimation is the best approximation and why
- considering the type of rounding that is appropriate when estimating the amount of money required; for example, rounding up or rounding down when buying one item from a store using cash, compared to rounding up the cost of every item when buying groceries to estimate the total cost and not rounding when the financial transactions are digital
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Rounding Decimals – Task Cards
Round decimals to the nearest hundredth with this set of 24 task cards.
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I Have, Who Has – Rounding to 500 000
Use this engaging maths game to practise rounding numbers through 500 000 with your students.
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Games for Rounding — 'Rounding Match-Up'
Explore games for rounding your students will love, like this 'Rounding Match-Up' activity!
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Plan a Halloween Party – Estimation Project
Plan your own Halloween party and practice estimating sums, differences and products of whole numbers and decimals with an engaging maths project!
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Race Car Rounding With Decimals Interactive Activity
Rev up your maths engines and take the rounding decimals race! Download this interactive activity and challenge your students to become a decimal rounding champion!
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Estimating Products With Decimals Task Cards
Challenge your students to estimate before multiplying decimals with this set of 24 task cards.
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Estimating Quotients Doodle Notes
Engage your students with this set of doodle notes when teaching them how to estimate quotients.
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Estimating Quotients Sorting Activity
Guide your students to use rounding and compatible numbers when estimating quotients with this 24-card sorting activity.
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Estimating Quotients Task Cards
Give your students the opportunity to use rounding and compatible numbers to answer estimation questions with this set of 24 task cards.
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Rockin' Rounding Interactive Activity for Year 5
Round numbers to different place values with a interactive activity designed for year five students.
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Rounding Numbers – Match-up Activity
Practise rounding decimals and whole numbers with this match-up activity.