Year 8 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — 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 66.289 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 66.29
- Look at the thousandths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.01536 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.015
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 9.329 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 9.33
- Look at the thousandths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 924,032 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 920,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 45.934 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 45.93
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 60,488 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 60,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 41.801 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 42
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 0.04509 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.05
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 43.228 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 43
- Look at the tenths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 772,593 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 773,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 69.403 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 69
- Look at the tenths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 0.6619 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.66
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
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