Year 6 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — 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 7.583 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 8
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 523,717 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 524,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 75.242 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 75.24
- Look at the thousandths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 9.128 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 9.1
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 58.433 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 58.43
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 0.07208 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.07
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 27.614 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 27.61
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 8.092 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 8.1
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 64.066 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 64
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 73,807 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 70,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 75.601 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 75.60
- Look at the thousandths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 112,602 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 110,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
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