8th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — 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 92.786 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 92.79
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.07029 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.0703
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 9: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 61.864 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 62
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 7.599 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 8
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
5.Round 78.893 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 79
- Look at the tenths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 120,544 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 120,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 0: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 23.586 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 24
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
8.Round 16,201 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 20,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 58.497 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 58.5
- Look at the hundredths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 0.08824 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.088
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 2: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 1.709 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 1.71
- Look at the thousandths digit: 9
- 5 or more, so round up
12.Round 472,316 to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 472,000
- Count 3 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
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