6th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 6th 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 61.596 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 61.60
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.4764 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.476
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 70.154 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 70.2
- Look at the hundredths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 317,644 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 320,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 83.408 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 83
- Look at the tenths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 0.06182 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.06
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 70.238 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 70
- Look at the tenths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 0.8866 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.89
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 80.887 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 80.89
- Look at the thousandths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 381,528 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 400,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 8: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 54.963 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 54.96
- Look at the thousandths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 399,257 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 400,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
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