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 62.043 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 62
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 215,129 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 200,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 34.775 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 34.78
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 0.05372 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.0537
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 44.394 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 44
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 970,475 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 970,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 15.131 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 15
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 621,154 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 600,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 39.585 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 39.59
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 3,554 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 4,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 23.535 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 23.5
- Look at the hundredths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 0.8557 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.9
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
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