Year 8 Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — 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 470.01 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 470.0
- Look at the hundredths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 80.56 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 81
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 249.55 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 250
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 294.52 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 294.5
- Look at the hundredths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
5.Round 703.84 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 703.8
- Look at the hundredths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 239.13 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 239.1
- Look at the hundredths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
7.Round 210.15 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 210.2
- Look at the hundredths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 87.184 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 87.18
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
9.Round 945.54 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 946
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 50.721 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 51
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 29.088 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 29.1
- Look at the hundredths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 31.128 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 31.13
- Look at the thousandths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
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