Rounding Quizzes

Tyler says 753 rounds to 800.  Alexis says 753 rounds to 750.  Who is correct?

• Tyler

• Alexis

• Both of them are right, it depends on whether you are rounding to the nearest ten or hundred

• Niether of them are right

Mrs. Jensen's class collected 1,306 newspapers for recycling. estimate to the nearest hundred how many newspapers were collected?

• 1,300

• 1,310

• 2,000

• 300

There are 426 scissors in the stockroom. Sally placed 500 more scissors in the stockroom. Rounded to the nearest hundred, how many scissors are now in the stockroom?

• 1,000

• 800

• 900

• 926

The ballpark recorded the attendance at the opening game as 48,376.  Round this number to the nearest thousand.

• 8,000

• 50,000

• 48,000

• 49,000

True or False. When you round to a specific place value, all of the numbers to it's right become zeros.

• True

• False

The population of Nevada in 2000 was 1,998,257. What is that rounded to the nearest ten thousand?

• 1,900,000

• 1,990,000

• 1,999,000

• 2,000,000

Mia read in the newspaper that about 13,000 people attended the football game onSaturday. If the newspaper reporter rounded off the exact number of people to the nearest thousand, which number could be the exact attendance of the football game?

• 13,265

• 12,427

• 13,509

• 12,099

Last year a store earned $1,313,900. What were the store's earnings rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?

• 1,300,000

• 1,310,000

• 1,320,000

• 1,400,000

Last year, Ms. Fantos’ company spent $1,132,800 on construction expenses. What are the construction expenses for the company rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?

• $1,100,000

• $1,130,000

• $1,140,000

• $1,200,000

When rounded to the nearest thousand feet, the height of Mount Aconcagua in South America is 23,000 feet. Which is MOST likely the actual height of Mount Aconcagua

• 22,497

• 22,959

• 22,834

• 23,501