3rd Grade Math Centers

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Estimating Differences


Materials: numeral cards (0-9)
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  1. Turn over six cards to make two 3-digit numbers.

  2. Estimate the difference between the two numbers by rounding each
    number to the nearest hundred and subtracting mentally.

  3. Repeat with other pairs of 3-digit numbers.


Example: 400 400 - 300 = 1 00






300


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