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🍕 5th grade math · Fractions & Decimals

Round decimals

Add zeros so both have the same number of places. Round by looking at the next digit: 5 or more rounds up.

Worked example

Pick the true one: 0.525 is ______ 0.525.
Answer: equal to
Write both with the same number of places: 0.525 and 0.525. Compare as if they were whole numbers: 525 and 525. So 0.525 is equal to 0.525.

For grown-ups: Round decimals. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 5.NBT.A.4
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Practices round decimals (5.NBT.A.4). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. Pick the true one: 0.427 is ______ 0.428.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: less than
    Write both with the same number of places: 0.427 and 0.428. Compare as if they were whole numbers: 427 and 428. So 0.427 is less than 0.428.
  2. Pick the true one: 7.479 is ______ 7.489.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: less than
    Write both with the same number of places: 7.479 and 7.489. Compare as if they were whole numbers: 479 and 489. So 7.479 is less than 7.489.
  3. Pick the true one: 7.547 is ______ 7.557.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: less than
    Write both with the same number of places: 7.547 and 7.557. Compare as if they were whole numbers: 547 and 557. So 7.547 is less than 7.557.

Before and after

Learn first: Decimals to thousandths (5th)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Round decimals (5th grade)

  1. Pick the true one: 0.974 is ______ 0.974.
  2. Pick the true one: 0.196 is ______ 0.197.
  3. Pick the true one: 0.745 is ______ 0.736.
  4. Pick the true one: 0.597 is ______ 0.607.
  5. Pick the true one: 0.935 is ______ 0.926.
  6. Pick the true one: 4.949 is ______ 4.950.
  7. Pick the true one: 7.221 is ______ 7.225.
  8. Round 4.613 to the nearest hundredth.
  9. Pick the true one: 1.286 is ______ 1.286.
  10. Pick the true one: 2.700 is ______ 2.700.
  11. Pick the true one: 1.256 is ______ 1.257.
  12. Round 5.738 to the nearest tenth.

Answer key

  1. equal to
  2. less than
  3. greater than
  4. less than
  5. greater than
  6. less than
  7. less than
  8. 4.61
  9. equal to
  10. equal to
  11. less than
  12. 5.7

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