Year 6 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 6 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 77.858 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 77.9
- Look at the hundredths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 740,023 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 740,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 77.693 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 77.7
- Look at the hundredths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 401,957 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 402,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 61.148 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 61.1
- Look at the hundredths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 976,497 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 980,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 52.911 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 52.91
- Look at the thousandths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 354,139 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 400,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 42.085 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 42
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 737,373 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 700,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 38.735 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 38.74
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 7.922 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 7.9
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
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