Year 6 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 99.895 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 100
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 84.577 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 84.58
- Look at the thousandths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 61.743 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 61.74
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 330.61 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 330.6
- Look at the hundredths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
5.Round 29.056 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 29.06
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 179.16 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 179.2
- Look at the hundredths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 61.208 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 61.2
- Look at the hundredths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 786.51 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 787
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 94.555 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 94.56
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 759.19 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 759
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
11.Round 512.77 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 513
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 20.566 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 20.6
- Look at the hundredths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
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