6th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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 84.255 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 84
- Look at the tenths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 172,116 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 170,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 90.811 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 90.81
- Look at the thousandths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
4.Round 0.2914 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.3
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 4.763 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 5
- Look at the tenths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 5.135 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 5.1
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 96.567 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 96.57
- Look at the thousandths digit: 7
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 151,036 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 200,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 67.622 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 67.6
- Look at the hundredths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
10.Round 675,801 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 700,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 12.854 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 12.85
- Look at the thousandths digit: 4
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 2.125 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.13
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
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