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Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten

Grade: 3

Ming wants to make a game using blocks. The game will

be for 11 people, and each would need 5 blocks. She

wants to be sure she has extra blocks in case some get

lost. Using rounding determine how many blocks Ming

should get to the nearest 10.

Your parents are looking for a new apartment. You want

Adapted from: Arrowood, Janet C., Mathematics for ESL

to be sure your furniture will fit beneath the windows, so

Learners. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004, p. 46.

you have measured the width of your table, bed, and sofa.

The table is 64 inches, the bed is 79 inches, and the sofa

is 93 inches. The landlord told you the space between the

windows in the kitchen (for the table) is 70 inches, the

space for the bed is 80 inches, and the space for the sofa

is 90 inches. She told you she rounded the numbers to

the nearest ten.

1. If you round your furniture’s measurements, what

do you get?

Table ______ Bed ______ Sofa ______

2. Between which benchmark numbers do the

measurements in the apartment lie since they have

been rounded?

Kitchen window space __________________

Bedroom window space ________________

Living room window space ______________

3. In which spaces will your furniture fit for sure?

Where are you not sure your furniture will fit?

4. What area or areas should you ask the landlord to

remeasure? (Hint: The rounded amount may seem

too small, but it may not be.)

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