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To the nearest hundred, how many milks were taken total?\u003Cbr>2) Over the summer George earned 685 dollars mowing lawns and another 305 dollars trimming weeds. To the nearest hundred, how much money did George make total?\u003Cbr>3) The classes in the fourth grade were counting the fundraiser money they earned. Mr. Smith's Class earned 309 dollars and Mrs. White's class earned 793 dollars. To the nearest hundred, how much did they earn total?\u003Cbr>4) Carol was looking through old photo albums. The first had 688 pics and the second had 448. To the nearest hundred, how many pictures were there total?\u003Cbr>5) A farmer was planting seeds in a garden. He planted\u003Cbr>681 radish seeds and 151 turnip seeds. To the nearest ten, how many seeds did he plant total?\u003Cbr>6) At the dog show there were 478 large dogs and 384 small dogs. To the nearest ten, how many dogs were at the dog show? |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.  \u003Cbr>8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 7) In one month a furniture store sold 662 plastic chairsand 491 wooden chairs. To the nearest ten, how many chairs did they sell total? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) A candy company sells 990 boxes of sugar candy and\u003Cbr>118 boxes of chocolate candy every day. To the nearest hundred, what is the sum of the boxes of candy they sell?\u003Cbr>9) A school had 275 red pens and 502 blue pens. To the nearest hundred, how many pens did they have total? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) A zoologist was checking the weights of two gorillas. Gorilla A weighed 988 pounds and gorilla B weighed\u003Cbr>994 pounds. To the nearest ten, what is the combined weight of both gorillas? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 |  | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\n[Math](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1)[ www.CommonCoreSheets.com](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1)[ 1](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1)  \nRounding to Sum  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>1) For lunch, 551 students selected chocolate milk and\u003Cbr>936 selected regular milk. To the nearest hundred, how many milks were taken total?\u003Cbr>2) Over the summer George earned 685 dollars mowing lawns and another 305 dollars trimming weeds. To the nearest hundred, how much money did George make total?\u003Cbr>3) The classes in the fourth grade were counting the fundraiser money they earned. Mr. Smith's Class earned 309 dollars and Mrs. White's class earned 793 dollars. To the nearest hundred, how much did they earn total?\u003Cbr>4) Carol was looking through old photo albums. The first had 688 pics and the second had 448. To the nearest hundred, how many pictures were there total?\u003Cbr>5) A farmer was planting seeds in a garden. He planted\u003Cbr>681 radish seeds and 151 turnip seeds. To the nearest ten, how many seeds did he plant total?\u003Cbr>6) At the dog show there were 478 large dogs and 384 small dogs. To the nearest ten, how many dogs were |  | ten\u003Cbr>600 + 900\u003Cbr>1500\u003Cbr>ten\u003Cbr>700 + 300\u003Cbr>1000\u003Cbr>ten\u003Cbr>300 + 800\u003Cbr>1100\u003Cbr>ten\u003Cbr>700 + 400\u003Cbr>1100\u003Cbr>ten\u003Cbr>680 + 150\u003Cbr>830\u003Cbr>ten\u003Cbr>480 + 380 | hundred 551 + 936 1487 = 1500\u003Cbr>hundred\u003Cbr>685 + 305\u003Cbr>990 = 1000\u003Cbr>hundred 309 + 793 1102 = 1100\u003Cbr>hundred 688 + 448 1136 = 1100\u003Cbr>hundred\u003Cbr>681 + 151\u003Cbr>832 = 830\u003Cbr>hundred 478 + 384 |  |  |  |  | Answers 1.  1,500  2.  1,000  3.  1,100  4.  1,100  5.  830  6.  860  7.  1,150  8.  1,100  9.  800  10.  1,980  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| at the dog show? |  | 860 | 862 = 860 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | In one month a furniture store sold 662 plastic chairs | ten | hundred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | and 491 wooden chairs. 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