5th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 5th Grade 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 23.363 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 23
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 730,558 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 731,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 70.875 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 70.9
- Look at the hundredths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 4.869 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 5
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 8: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 16.066 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 16.07
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 383,786 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 380,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 92.075 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 92
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 0.7143 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.71
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 6.426 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 6.43
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 0.08842 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.0884
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 88.504 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 88.50
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 147,633 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 100,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
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