Year 8 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 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 3.068 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 3.1
- Look at the hundredths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.03347 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.033
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 26.186 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 26.19
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 6.101 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 6
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 18.268 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 18
- Look at the tenths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 0.07647 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.0765
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 25.379 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 25.38
- Look at the thousandths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 768,318 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 768,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 52.158 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 52.16
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 419,501 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 420,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 82.119 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 82.1
- Look at the hundredths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 361,559 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 360,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
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