3.1 Rounding to a degree of accuracy

Watch the short video below to see an example of how to round to 1, 2 and 3 decimal places.

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Remember this rounding rhyme to help you:

Figure 5 A rounding rhyme

Activity 8: Rounding skills

Practise your rounding skills by completing the below.

  1. What is 24.638 rounded to one decimal place?

  2. What is 13.4752 rounded to two decimal places?

  3. What is 203.5832 rounded to two decimal places?

  4. What is 345.6794 rounded to three decimal places?

  5. What is 3.65 rounded to the nearest whole number?

  6. What is £199.755 to the nearest penny?

  7. What is £37.865 to the nearest pound?

  8. What is 61.607 kg to the nearest kg?

Answer

  1. 24.6

  2. 13.48

  3. 203.58

  4. 345.679

  5. 4

  6. £199.76

  7. £38

  8. 62 kg

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