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Rounding off Decimals

Lesson Objective
To learn how to round off decimal numbers to a given number of decimal places or to
the nearest whole number.
Use also as an opportunity to revise place value for decimals and to use the word integer
as an alternative to ‘whole number’.
The later sections revise other types of calculations where the answers need to be rounded
off including money calculations where the answer in pounds has to be rounded to the
nearest penny.

Key Vocabulary

Tenths hundredths thousandths integer decimal places

decimal point The abbreviation d.p. recurring

Activities

The activities for rounding to the nearest whole number encourage the idea of thinking
about which two whole numbers the number is in between before deciding which is closer.
This method is a useful run in to the formal method for rounding off.

Draw a line to show where the number gets cut off when it is rounded off.

Point out that it is just a convention that numbers like 14.65 get rounded up to 14.7 when
they are just as close to 14.6. Remind students that 56.2 is the same number as 56.20

The hardest examples are where, for example 45.6982 rounds off to 45.70 to two decimal
places. The extra zero can be left there to show that the number was rounded to 2 d.p.
SKILLSHEETS © COPYRIGHT L.Henry 2015

Make sure students read out decimal numbers correctly.


e.g. 34.23 is NOT ‘thirty four point twenty three’ it is ‘thirty four point two three’

Worksheet
The content of the worksheet reinforces the ideas in the powerpoint. Use during the lesson
or for homework.
Name
Rounding off Decimals

[1] Use a calculator to work out this division 275 ÷ 32 = _ __ _ _ _ __ _ ___ _ _ _ __ _ __

To the nearest whole number the answer is 8


To one decimal place the answer is 8.6 These are different
ways to round off
To two decimal places the answer is 8.59 the answer.
To three decimal places the answer is 8.594

Example To round off to one decimal place 8.5 9375 rounds up to 8.6
[2] Explain how to round off a number
to one decimal place. You can use
the example to help you.

[3] Round these off to the nearest whole number.

5·739 ____________ 76·351 ____________ 387·496 ____________ 28·54 ___________

17·936 ____________ 25·555 ____________ 334·48 ____________ 0·835 ___________

[4] Round these off to one decimal place.

3·619 ____________ 0·652 ____________ 82·7234 ____________ 67·92 ___________

241·906 ____________ 33·3333 ____________ 7·83 ____________ 78·95 ___________

[5] Round these off to two decimal places.

8·612 ____________ 0·359 ____________ 0·0283 ____________ 13·245 ___________


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1·799 ____________ 15·5555 ____________ 3·9649 ____________ 45·231 ___________

[6] Round these off to three decimal places.

45·612576 _______________ 10·66666 _______________ 6·9175432 _______________

5·7362632 _______________ 0.078912 _______________ 35·964531 _______________

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