Inspire children to apply their place value knowledge to this open-ended Year 4 Round to the Nearest 10, 100 or 1,000 Discussion Problem. This resource includes one question that will put children's understanding to the test using a familiar context. We'd recommend that children have a secure understanding of the objective covered in this lesson before they attempt to tackle this question to allow for the best outcomes.

This can be used in class as a challenge activity and solved within pairs or small groups. Children can complete this independently if they are a competent mathematician too. It can be used as a homework task or in an intervention group to extend children's learning too. An example answer is provided for children to compare their outcomes to, or use this as a way to show there are multiple answers for this question.