6th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — 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 68.082 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 68
- Look at the tenths digit: 0
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 0.1316 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.1
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 41.654 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 41.65
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 945,721 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 900,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 11.191 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 11.19
- Look at the thousandths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 114,645 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 115,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 90.176 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 90.18
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 0.08274 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.08
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
9.Round 91.007 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 91.01
- Look at the thousandths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 743,993 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 744,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 25.942 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 25.94
- Look at the thousandths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 0.1975 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.2
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
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