Year 6 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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 86.814 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 86.81
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 973,101 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 973,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 29.147 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 29.15
- Look at the thousandths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 173,122 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 200,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 26.088 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 26.1
- Look at the hundredths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 0.5669 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.6
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 5.189 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 5
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 323,663 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 320,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 9.332 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 9.33
- Look at the thousandths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 0.2653 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.265
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 61.597 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 62
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 129,613 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 130,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
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