Practice Rounding Decimal Numbers

Which number below was correctly rounded to the nearest ones place?

• 19.25 rounded to 20

• 19.25 rounded to 19

• 19.25 rounded to 19.2

• 19.25 rounded to 19.3

The weight of a new touch screen device is 1.6 pounds. What is the weight to the nearest whole number?

• 1.6

• 2

• 1

John has $6.49 in his pocket. If he needs to tell his friend the approximate amount he has, rounding to the nearest tenth, what should he say?

• 6.6

• 6.5

• 6.4

• 6.49

John is calculating his expenses and needs to round his coffee expense of $2.345 to the nearest hundredth for his budget. What will it be?

• 2.35

• 2.34

• 2.36

• 2.40

Emily is baking cookies and needs to set a timer. If the recipe calls for the cookies to bake for 3.78 minutes, to the nearest whole number, how many minutes should she set her timer for?

• 4.5

• 4

• 3

• 3.5

Emily is baking cookies and her recipe calls for exactly 9 cups of flour. She accidentally pours 9.126 cups. To the nearest whole number, how many cups has Emily used?

• 9

• 9.5

• 8

• 10

John is measuring ingredients for a recipe and needs exactly 5.7 liters of water. He accidentally pours 5.672 liters. To the nearest tenth, how much water did John pour?

• 5.7

• 5.6

• 5.6721

• 5.8

John is calculating his total expenses for the month and needs to round his grocery spending of $7.893 to the nearest hundredth to simplify his calculations. What will be the rounded figure?

• 7.90

• 7.89

• 7.85

• 7.80

Imagine you're baking cookies and your recipe calls for exactly 4.267 cups of flour. If your measuring tools only measure in whole cups, how many cups of flour would you use?

• 4

• 4.3

• 4.5

• 5

John checked his car's average mileage and found it to be 8.541 miles per gallon. To simplify his calculations, he wants to round this number to the nearest tenth. What will be the new mileage?

• 8.55

• 8.5

• 8.6

• 8.4