8th Grade Rounding Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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 55.826 to 2 decimal places.
Answer: 55.83
- Look at the thousandths digit: 6
- 5 or more, so round up
2.Round 0.03507 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 0.04
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 5: 5 or more, so round up
3.Round 45.981 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 46.0
- Look at the hundredths digit: 8
- 5 or more, so round up
4.Round 1.912 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 1.9
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
5.Round 23.532 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 24
- Look at the tenths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
6.Round 0.00973 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 0.0097
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 3: less than 5, so round down
7.Round 79.121 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 79
- Look at the tenths digit: 1
- Less than 5, so round down
8.Round 777,147 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 800,000
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 7: 5 or more, so round up
9.Round 38.357 to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 38.4
- Look at the hundredths digit: 5
- 5 or more, so round up
10.Round 971,547 to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 970,000
- Count 2 figures from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 1: less than 5, so round down
11.Round 69.293 to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 69
- Look at the tenths digit: 2
- Less than 5, so round down
12.Round 6.667 to 1 significant figure.
Answer: 7
- Count 1 figure from the first non-zero digit
- The next digit is 6: 5 or more, so round up
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