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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It's a Match! – Rounding With Decimals Puzzle
Practise rounding decimals up to the thousandths place with 34 puzzle pair matching pieces.
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Vertical Number Line - Rounding Worksheets
Use a vertical number line to round whole numbers to a given place with a set of rounding worksheets.
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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 Game (Whole Numbers)
Play our engaging rounding numbers game in your classroom to give your students practise rounding whole numbers.
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Estimation With Decimal Multiplication Matching Game
Guide your students to estimate products with decimals by using this 36-card matching game.
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Reel It in Rounding With Decimals – Interactive Task Cards
Guide your students to tackle questions where they must round decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth and hundredth with this set of 24 interactive 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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Rounding Whole Numbers Word Problem & Error Analysis Worksheet
Print a maths worksheet with variety of rounding word problems and error analysis challenges.
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Daily Decimals Worksheet
Model decimals in various ways and use estimation skills to complete decimal calculations.
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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.