Year 6 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — 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 37.342 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 37.34
- Look at the thousandths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 0.6593 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.66
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 26.906 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 26.9
- Look at the hundredths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 0.1016 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.1
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 25.603 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 25.6
- Look at the hundredths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 518,084 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 500,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 92.598 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 92.60
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 806,899 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 800,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 80.763 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 80.76
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 2.351 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 2.4
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 66.467 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 66
- Look at the tenths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 8.018 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 8.0
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
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