Rounding Decimals
Maths: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.4.7
Rounding Decimals
You can round numbers to a certain number of decimal places.
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3.36
- We can round 3.36 to either 1 decimal place or to the nearest whole number.
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Rounding to 1 decimal place
- To round to 1 decimal place (1dp), we need to look at our hundredths column.
- We need to look at the hundredths column because it is the column to the right of our 1st decimal place.
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5 or above
- There are 6 hundredths in 0.36.
- We know that we need to round the digit up if it is 5 or above.
- So, 3.36 rounded to 1 decimal place is 3.4.
Test yourself on Rounding Decimals
What is 0.63 rounded to 1 decimal place?
What is 0.47 rounded to 1 decimal place?
Which of the following is correct?
Which of the following is correct?