Year 5 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 decimals worksheet.
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Look at the digit just after the place you are rounding to: 5 or more rounds up, less than 5 rounds down.
1.Round 52.479 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 52.5
- Look at the hundredths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 185,479 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 185,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 55.363 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 55
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 607,315 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 610,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 96.166 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 96.17
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 803,933 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 800,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 82.219 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 82.22
- Look at the thousandths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 3.984 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 4
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 62.998 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 63.0
- Look at the hundredths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 0.08513 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.085
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 68.591 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 68.59
- Look at the thousandths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 131,963 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 132,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
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