Rounding Decimals Word Problems

Anna wants to buy a cantaloupe at the grocery store. She weighs each one to determine the heaviest one. She rounds each weight to the nearest hundredth of a pound. Which cantaloupe will she buy?

• cantaloupe A: 7.432 lbs.

• cantaloupe B: 7.418 lbs.

• cantaloupe C: 7.749 lbs.

• cantaloupe D: 7.852 lbs.

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A medicine dropper holds 0.923 mL of liquid. What is the amount rounded to the nearest hundreth?

• 0.90 mL

• 0.92 mL

• 0.93 mL

• 0.9230 mL

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A grocery store charges to the nearest tenth of a pound for produce. If Jessica bought 2.382 lbs. of apples, what weight did the grocery store charge for?

• 2.3 lbs.

• 2.38 lbs.

• 2.39 lbs.

• 2.4 lbs

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Aniyah is shopping for carrots. She rounds the weights of different bunches of carrots to the nearest hundredth pound. Which bunch does not round to 3.57 lbs.?

• bunch A: 3.566 lbs.

• bunch B: 3.557 lbs.

• bunch C: 3.574 lbs.

• bunch D: 3.569 lbs.

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Christopher and Logan use a stopwatch to record the amount of time it takes a marble to roll down a ramp. Christopher's marble takes 4.745 sec, while Logan's marble takes 4.735 sec. Check all true statements.

• Rounded to the nearest tenth, both times are the same.

• Both times are closer to 4.7 than 4.8.

• Christopher's marble is faster.

• Rounded to the nearest hundredth, both times are the same.

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Caleb claims that 6.409 rounded to the nearest hundredth is 6.5. Is he correct? Explain why or why not.

• Yes, digit 9 makes it round to 6.5.

• Yes, digit 0 makes it round to 6.5.

• No, digit 9 makes it round to 6.41.

• No, digit 0 makes it round to 6.45.

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