20 Questions 3.2 Rounding Game

1. 20 Questions3.2 Rounding Game

2. Mission You are lost in a jungle. You’ve been walking around for days. The only way to get out of the jungle is to correctly answer the questions about rounding whole numbers. Are You Ready?

4. Question 1 1. The Williams family took a road trip last summer that was 7,253 miles long. What is 7,253 rounded to the nearest thousand? A 6,000 B 7,000 C 7,200 D 7,300

5. B 7,000

6. Question 2 2. John’s puzzle had 966 pieces. What is 966 rounded to the nearest ten? A 1000 B 990 C 980 D 970

7. D 970

8. Question 3 3. Anna has 34 tadpoles in her pond. What is 34 rounded to the nearest ten? A 40 B 35 C 30 D 20

9. C 30

10. Question 4 4. Susan used 8399 nails for her building project. What is 8399 rounded to the nearest thousand? A 8000 B 8400 C 9000 D 9500

11. A 8000

12. Question 5 5. A toy store sold 1, 032 video games in December. What is 1,032 rounded to the nearest hundred? A 1,000 B 1,030 C 1,100 D 1,130

13. A 1,000

14. Question 6 6. The Parent’s Club sold 2,487 tickets for the winter festival. What is 2,487 rounded to the nearest hundred? A 2,400 B 2,470 C 2,480 D 2,500

15. D 2,500

16. Question 7 • Travis bought a bag of bubble gum that held 4, 103 pieces. About how many (to the nearest hundred) pieces of bubble gum did Travis buy? A) 5,000 B) 4,100 C) 3,500 D) 4,200

17. B 4,100

18. Question 8 • Antonio went to Sam’s Club with his mom to buy water. Antonio saw 5, 049 water bottles stacked together. What is 5, 049 rounded to the nearest ten? A) 5,000 B) 5,044 C) 5,040 D) 5,050

19. D 5,050

20. Question 9 • Amber went to the zoo and saw 2,202 birds fly above. What is 2,202 to the nearest hundred? A) 2,200 B) 2,000 C) 2,022 D) 2,002

21. A 2,200

22. Question 10 • Alex dropped a basket of paper clips. He dropped approximately 560. Which of the following numbers would round to 560? A) 599 B) 564 C) 506 D) 499

23. B 564

24. Question 11 • Luke viewed a computer screen with approximately 1000 pixels. What number would be rounded to 1000? A) 454 B) 236 C) 990 D) 151

25. C 990

26. Question 12 • Michelle went to the library and saw that there were approximately 780 books. Which of the following numbers would round to 780? A) 766 B) 778 C) 900 D) 254

27. B 778

28. Question 13 • Aurora ate alphabet soup for lunch. She saw approximately 150 letters swirling around in her bowl. What number would round to 150? A) 147 B) 194 C) 200 D) 250

29. A 147

30. Question 14 • Justin took out the trash for his parents. He accidentally dropped the bag of trash and approximately 560 pieces fell out. What number would round to 560? A) 444 B) 563 C) 159 D) 1000

31. B 563

32. Question 15 • Henry lifted up a rock outside and found 3,000 ants. Which of the following numbers would round to 3,000? A) 2,535 B) 3,400 C) Choices A and B D) Only choice A

33. C Choices A and B

34. Question 16 • Sanja visited the Nintendo store and found that she had earned approximately 9,000 points for free games! What number below could be rounded to 9,000? A) 9,040 B) 8,030 C) 10,100 D) 999

35. A 9,040

36. Question 17 • Mrs. Smith bought a lot of pencils and stored them in her closet. She had approximately 13,000 pencils. What would be the actual number of pencils that Mrs. Smith has in the closet? A) 12,999 B) 10,291 C) 1,294 D) 14, 598

37. A 12,999

38. Question 18 • Sammy bought a large bag of bubblegum for his birthday. Sammy’s bag of bubblegum included approximately 7,000 pieces. Which of the following would round to 7,000? A) 6,355 B) 6,000 C) 7,900 D) 7,033

39. D 7,033

40. Question 19 • If you were to round 59,115 to the nearest thousand, which of the following would be correct? A) 50,000 B) 60,000 C) 59,000 D)58,000

41. C 59,000

42. Question 20 • Which of the following would round to 9,000? A) 9,040 B) 8,955 C) Both A and B D) None of these

43. C Both A and B

44. Congratulations! You are finally out of the jungle!