Level 1
Find the following values without a calculator.

Round off the following numbers to the nearest 1000.
  1. 6592
  2. 2386
  3. 5834
  4. 8136
2 m
Level 1
23495 is expressed as a sum of the values of its digits. Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.

23495 = 2 x 10000 + 3 x (a) ___ + 4 x (b) ___ + 9 x (c) ___ + (d) ___
1 m
Level 1
Round off 99546 to the nearest ten.
1 m
Level 2
The sum of 39 tens, 15 hundreds, 20 thousands and 45 ones is ___.
2 m
Level 2
With the digits 3, 4 and 5, form the largest three-digit number which when rounded off to the nearest hundred is 400?
2 m
Level 2
One hundred and seven thousand, six hundred and forty-two is 96 937 more than ____.
2 m
Level 2
Multiply 859 and 7. What is the number in the thousands place in the product?
2 m
Level 1
Round off 88 to the nearest ten. Then estimate 88 x 9.
2 m
Level 1
Round off 415 to the nearest hundred. Then estimate 415 x 7.
2 m
Level 1
Give an estimate for 78 x 574 by first rounding the values to the nearest ten.
2 m
Level 1
Estimate the product of 35972 and 63 by first rounding off the bigger number to the nearest thousand and the smaller number to the nearest ten.
2 m
Level 1
The height of a tree is about 100 m when rounded off to the nearest ten. What is the lowest possible height of the tree?
2 m
Level 1
The height of Mount Everest is about 9000 m when rounded off to the nearest thousand. What is the highest possible height of Mount Everest?
2 m
Level 1
Sock Hoon had about $280 after rounding off the money to the nearest ten. She spent $79. What was the smallest possible amount of money she had left?
2 m
Level 1
The amount of money Tom has is about $800 when rounded off to the nearest $100. What is the greatest possible amount of money that Tom has?
2 m
Level 2
A number when rounded off to the nearest ten gives a value of 24350.
  1. What is the smallest possible number?
  2. What is the largest possible number?
2 m
Level 2
The number of chairs in the hall is 1500 when rounded off to the nearest hundred.
  1. What is the greatest possible number of chairs in the hall?
  2. What is the smallest possible number of chairs in the hall?
2 m
Level 3
Tom is thinking of a Y-digit number.
  1. It has '1' as one of the digits.
  2. The digit '2' is in its hundreds place.
  3. The value of the digit '5' is 50.
  4. The digit in the thousands place is twice the digit in the hundreds place.
  5. The digit in the thousands place is 2 times the digit in the ones place.

What number is he thinking of?
3 m
Level 2
Estimate the value of each of the following expressions. Round off the numbers to the nearest hundred before adding or subtracting.

885 + 712 + 499
3 m
Level 2
Estimate the value of each of the following expressions. Round off the numbers to the nearest hundred before adding or subtracting.

909 + 214 - 687
3 m