Year 7 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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 46.077 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 46
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 6.069 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 6.1
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 6.026 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 6
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 459,558 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 460,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 4.855 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 4.86
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 872,247 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 872,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 30.339 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 30
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 273,624 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 270,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 55.096 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 55
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 735,709 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 52.614 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 53
- Look at the tenths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 296,498 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 296,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
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