Rounding Decimals: Real-Life Estimations for 4th Graders

1. Sarah bought 3.7 pounds of apples. If she rounds to the nearest whole number, how many pounds of apples did she buy?

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 4

2. A bottle holds 2.4 liters of juice. If you estimate how much juice is in the bottle by rounding, what whole number would you use?

• 3

• 1

• 2.5

• 2

3. Tom ran 4.6 kilometers in the morning and 3.2 kilometers in the evening. If he rounds each distance to the nearest whole number, how many kilometers did he run in total?

• 7

• 9

• 10

• 8

4. A book costs $12.99. If you want to round the price to the nearest whole dollar, how much will it be?

• 13

• 12

• 14

• 15

5. Lisa has 5.8 meters of ribbon. If she uses 2.3 meters, how many meters does she have left after rounding to the nearest whole number?

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• 4

• 5

• 3

6. A car travels 15.4 miles on a gallon of gas. If you estimate how many miles it can travel on 3 gallons by rounding, what would be your estimate?

• 45 miles

• 75 miles

• 60 miles

• 30 miles

7. The temperature today is 23.6 degrees Celsius. If you round this to the nearest whole number, what is the temperature?

• 25

• 23

• 24

• 22

8. A box can hold 7.2 kilograms of fruit. If you have 5.9 kilograms of fruit, how many whole boxes do you need if you round up?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

9. A movie ticket costs $9.75. If you want to round the cost to the nearest whole dollar, how much will you pay?

• 10

• $8

• $11

• $9

10. Emma read 4.3 books last month and 5.6 books this month. If she rounds the number of books she read each month to the nearest whole number, how many books did she read in total?

• 8

• 11

• 9

• 10