Do you want to make learning 3rd grade rounding more engaging and fun for your students? Then try incorporating some of these fun rounding activities into your math block!
Rounding can be one of the trickiest parts of 3rd grade math, so let us help spark fun in your lesson plans with these interactive rounding activities!
3rd Grade Rounding Mazes
This activity is a great way to engage your students while still reinforcing important rounding concepts.
The activity includes a set of mazes that require students to round numbers to the nearest ten or hundred in order to advance through the maze.
The best part? It’s self-checking, so your students can work independently and check their own work as they go.
Not only is this a great way to help your students build confidence and proficiency with rounding, but it’s also a lot of fun! They’ll love the challenge of navigating the maze while also practicing their math skills.
Rounding to the Nearest Ten and Hundred Math Escape Activities
Your third graders will love using these printable math escape activities to practice rounding to the nearest ten and hundred.
These puzzles are a fun way for your students to review math concepts!
They’ll solve 26 math problems and fill out a recording sheet. They’ll use the answers from their recording sheet to solve the puzzle. Four letters from the puzzle are highlighted and students will put them in the final boxes to tell you the four-letter “code”.
Rounding Dice for 2-Digit Rounding Hands-On Learning
These rounding dice are a hands-on, visual way for students to learn how to round a 2-digit number to the nearest ten.
How to Use This Tool:
Use this tool during your small group or math intervention time to scaffold your rounding instruction.
- Begin by using the blue dice and the rounding chart to practice rounding down.
- Next, use the red dice and the rounding chart to practice rounding up.
- Once students have had practice with both, move on to using the color dice that includes both red and blue numbers.
- Once students have mastered that, move on to using the black and white dice and rounding chart.
Fun Digital and Interactive Rounding Activities
These digital math lessons are perfect for introducing topics or engaging students in a whole-group math game using your interactive whiteboard! You can also assign these digital lessons to your students using Google™ Classroom for independent practice. They can make for a great digital math center!
This Digital Math game is a fun way for students to practice rounding to the nearest ten. It can be played on any device with PowerPoint. A recording sheet is also included. The best part is that the entire game is self-checking!
3rd Grade Guided Math Rounding Activities Worksheets Assessments and More
This 3rd grade math unit covers standard 3.NBT.1. Your students will learn about
- identifying the tens and hundreds numbers fall between,
- as well as how to round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred.
This unit includes centers, assessments, worksheets, vocabulary and more. Everything you need to teach 3rd grade rounding is included!
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