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Rounding decimals worksheets Grades 5–6

Round decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth or hundredth.

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How to do it

Look one place to the right. 5 or more rounds up.

Round 26.167 to the nearest hundredth:26.17\text{Round }26.167\ \text{to the nearest hundredth}:\quad 26.17
Look at the thousandths digit: 7\text{Look at the thousandths digit: }75 or more rounds up; less than 5 stays
26.167→26.1726.167\quad \to \quad 26.17

Example problems

  1. Round 38.424 to the nearest whole number:\text{Round }38.424\ \text{to the nearest whole number}:\quad
  2. Round 80.317 to the nearest whole number:\text{Round }80.317\ \text{to the nearest whole number}:\quad
  3. Round 88.222 to the nearest hundredth:\text{Round }88.222\ \text{to the nearest hundredth}:\quad
  4. Round 0.959 to the nearest hundredth:\text{Round }0.959\ \text{to the nearest hundredth}:\quad

Decimals

  1. Decimal place value
  2. Converting decimals and fractions
  3. Adding decimals
  4. Subtracting decimals
  5. Multiplying decimals by whole numbers
  6. Multiplying decimals
  7. Multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
  8. Dividing decimals by whole numbers
  9. Dividing by a decimal
  10. Rounding decimals