Year 6 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — 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 36.683 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 36.7
- Look at the hundredths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.01172 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.0117
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 56.081 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 56
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 875,153 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 900,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 8.804 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 9
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 71,801 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 71,800
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 33.189 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 33.19
- Look at the thousandths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 549,307 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 500,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 13.709 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 13.7
- Look at the hundredths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 0.6569 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.7
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 90.115 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 90.12
- Look at the thousandths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 0.5841 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.584
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
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