Grade level: 3rd – 4th grades
Skills: Rounding
Related environmental issues: Energy & Climate Change
The number of electric vehicles (EVs)* on the road has been significantly increasing. There were about 2 million electric vehicles running in the world in 2016. The table below shows the number of electric vehicles sold in five countries in 2016.
- Round the number of EVs sold in Canada to the nearest hundred.
- Round the number of EVs sold in the United Kingdom to the nearest thousand.
- Round the number of EVs sold in Japan to the nearest 10 thousand.
- Round the number of EVs sold in the United States to the nearest 10 thousand.
- Round the number of EVs sold in China to the nearest thousand.
* Electric vehicles are exclusively powered by electricity like iPhones and can reduce the emission.
Sources: International Energy Agency, 2017. Global EV Outlook 2017
Answer keys
- 11,600
- 38,000
- 20,000
- 160,000
- 336,000