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Rounding test

Rounding first, then the columns it is used to check.

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Rounding test
Rounding test — printable test paper

The answer key prints on a separate page.

What's on this test

Rounding is taught as a rule about the digit to the right, and tested as though that rule were the point. It is not: rounding earns its place because it makes an estimate, and an estimate is how a child catches their own wrong answer. That is why the columns follow it on this paper rather than sitting on a sheet of their own.

How the paper is put together

The pairing gives a question worth asking after marking: was the column answer anywhere near the rounded one? A child who rounds well, computes badly, and never notices the gap has two separate skills and no bridge between them — which is the thing most worth knowing at this stage.

The sections on this paper

  1. Rounding numbers6 questions
  2. Add and subtract multi-digit numbers8 questions
  3. Word problems4 questions

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