Year 7 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 7 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 59.388 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 59.39
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.07495 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.07
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 58.415 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 58
- Look at the tenths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 438,524 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 440,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 8: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 32.163 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 32.16
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 433,151 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 433,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 23.716 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 24
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 68,904 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 68,900
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 24.343 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 24.34
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 0.2331 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.233
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 9.728 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 9.73
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 53,344 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 53,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
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