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 60.687 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 61
- Look at the tenths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 177,778 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 178,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 93.831 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 93.83
- Look at the thousandths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 766,856 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 800,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 51.445 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 51
- Look at the tenths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 0.745 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.7
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 92.597 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 93
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 9.267 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 9
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 73.301 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 73.3
- Look at the hundredths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 591,907 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 600,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 29.142 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 29.14
- Look at the thousandths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 260,579 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 300,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
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