Year 8 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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 96.628 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 96.63
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 23,932 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 24,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 92.619 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 93
- Look at the tenths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 0.9819 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.98
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 43.984 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 43.98
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 0.08845 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.09
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 8: 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 29.493 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 29.49
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 403,606 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 400,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 96.591 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 96.6
- Look at the hundredths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 1.767 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 2
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 7.898 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 7.9
- Look at the hundredths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 1.142 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 1.1
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
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