8th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 8th 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 64.144 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 64
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
2.Round 0.6283 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.6
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
3.Round 22.855 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 22.9
- Look at the hundredths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 736,563 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 737,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 50.336 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 50
- Look at the tenths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
6.Round 0.9383 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.94
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 8: 5 or more, so round up
7.Round 3.033 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 3.0
- Look at the hundredths digit: 3
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 13,787 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 14,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 49.647 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 50
- Look at the tenths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 864,811 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 865,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 8: 5 or more, so round up
11.Round 64.656 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 64.66
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 584,806 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 580,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 4: less than 5, so round down
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