Math Drills

Multiplication and Division

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 4 (Elementary School)
Topic: Rounding Numbers
Worksheet: Multiplication and Division

The rounding place settles at one significant digit. Multiplication (1 Significant Digit) and Division (1 Significant Digit) turn both numbers into single significant digits before the product or quotient is found. Multiplication (Word Problems) and Division (Word Problems) read scenes of sales and output, and on the multiplication side the answer is written with about in front of it.

The two figures left after rounding in Division (1 Significant Digit) are built to divide evenly. An answer left carrying a remainder was divided using the figures before rounding. The same holds in Division (Word Problems): where the answer refuses to come out whole and the hand stops, whether the rounding and the dividing changed places is worth looking at.

In the next unit, Rules of Calculation, expressions return to being worked out exactly rather than estimated, and where to start becomes the question. In Addition and Subtraction the rounding place moved from item to item, whereas here it has settled into one and the hand is fixed.

Multiplication (Word Problems)2 questions
Division (Word Problems)2 questions

Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Rounding Numbers”, shown with their answers.

(1)At a certain bookstore, 84 books are sold in 1 day. About how many will be sold in 36 days? Round each number to 1 digit from the left, then use the rounded numbers to find the answer. Answer □
Answer: 3200books
(2)At the stand in front of the station, 83 chocolates are sold in 1 day. About how many will be sold in 74 days? Round each number to 1 digit from the left, then use the rounded numbers to find the answer. Answer □
Answer: 5600chocolates
(3)There are 4923 melons. If they are shared equally among 24 customers, about how many will each 1 person get? Round to 1 digit from the left to get the rounded number, then find the answer. Answer □
Answer: 250melons
(4)There are 6834 strawberries harvested at Henry's farm. If they are shared equally among 72 people, about how many will each 1 person get? Round to 1 digit from the left to get the rounded number, then find the answer. Answer □
Answer: 100strawberries

What to do next

RoundingRounding Calculation (Tens or Hundreds Place)

Next unit: Rules of Calculation

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