Year 5 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 decimals worksheet.
Year 5 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Look at the digit just after the place you are rounding to: 5 or more rounds up, less than 5 rounds down.
1.Round 126.34 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 126
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 326.28 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 326
- Look at the tenths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
3.Round 779.18 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 779
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 157.88 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 158
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 34.184 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 34
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 180.61 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 181
- Look at the tenths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 145.83 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 145.8
- Look at the hundredths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 96.228 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 96.23
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 379.47 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 379.5
- Look at the hundredths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 401.45 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 401
- Look at the tenths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
11.Round 816.54 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 817
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 748.58 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 748.6
- Look at the hundredths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
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