Year 5 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 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 97.745 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 97.75
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.7245 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.72
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 93.268 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 93.27
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 962,751 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 960,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 71.495 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 71.50
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 716,652 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 700,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 51.784 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 51.8
- Look at the hundredths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 0.6119 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.61
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 75.839 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 76
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 0.02909 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.029
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 56.804 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 56.80
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 907,999 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 908,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
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