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Rounding Activities for Elementary

Rounding numbers is a form of estimation used to help make numbers easier to work with. Teach your elementary children about rounding numbers with entertaining activities in the classroom. Hands-on activities allow children to learn how to round numbers while having fun at the same time. With a few supplies and some activity ideas, you have everything you need to get started.

Easy Activities
- For a simple rounding activity, print several rounding worksheets from the Internet and give one to each student. Help the children understand the worksheets and show them how to round the numbers. After the children have time to practice, give each one a new sheet face-down. When you say "Go," the students flip over the sheets and begin rounding the numbers. Encourage the students to try their best by awarding small prizes to the first five children who correctly complete the worksheet. Alternatively, give the students a more difficult worksheet each time they play.
Bingo
- Write numbers, such as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50, on blank bingo cards. Give each student a bingo card and small candies or bingo markers. Have the children roll a pair of dice and mark the correct rounded number on their bingo cards. For example, if they roll a "2" and a "6," the number is 26 so they would find and mark the number 30 on the bingo card. Each child rolls the dice one at a time until someone has a bingo. That player wins a small prize.
Table Activities
- Place blocks or candy pieces on a table. Write numbers, such as 20 and 30, on beach pails using dry erase markers. Place groups of the blocks or candies on the table. For example, put a group of 24 and a group of 29 on the table. The children must put the group of items in the correct pail. For added fun, time each child and see which student can do the rounding activity in the fastest amount of time. Alternatively, have the children work in teams.
Tossing Game
- Write the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 on buckets and scatter them on the floor. Mark a line 5 feet from the buckets. Hand each student two refrigerator magnet numbers like a two and a five. The student must toss the magnets in the "30" bucket or the "50" bucket. Award a point to each child who tosses the magnets into the correct bucket. If they have a number, such as "62," they must toss the numbers into the "30" bucket. You can award prizes for each bucket made or to the player who earns the most points.

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