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 27.788 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 28
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.06735 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.07
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 11.365 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 11.37
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 42,267 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 42,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 73.322 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 73
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 448,047 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 400,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 14.794 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 15
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 304,252 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 304,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 59.272 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 59.27
- Look at the thousandths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 0.3626 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.36
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 15.775 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 16
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 0.00869 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.009
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
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