Unit 3 5.2(C) Rounding

The large square represents one whole. Tremaine shaded a decimal number in the square, as shown. Which shows Tremaine’s number rounded to the nearest tenth?

• A. 0.8

• B. 1.0

• C. 0.9

• D. 0.82

Emsley is 12.537 miles from her house. Which shows the value of 12.537 rounded to the nearest tenth and the nearest hundredth?

• A. 12.6, 12.54

• B. 12.5, 12.54

• C. 13.0, 12.5

• D. 12.5, 12.53

Which shows the price of mid-grade gasoline rounded to the nearest hundredth?

• A. $3.50

• B. $3.52

• C. $3.53

• D. $3.60

Ms. Tapley used 591 kilowatt hours of electricity in May. The cost for electricity is $ 0.091 per kilowatt hour. Her total cost is $53.781, but the bill is rounded to the nearest cent. How much is Ms. Tapley’s electric bill?

• A. $53.80

• B. $54.00

• C. $53.78

• D. $53.70

Mr. Zea’s students recycle paper as a class project. The chart shows how many pounds of paper the class recycles on four days. Mr. Zea rounds the numbers of pounds to the nearest tenth. On which two days are the rounded numbers equal?

• A. Tuesday and Wednesday

• B. Tuesday and Thursday

• C. Wednesday and Thursday

• D. Thursday and Friday

Bennie’s baseball glove weighs 14.943 ounces. How many ounces, rounded to the nearest hundredth, does Bennie’s glove weigh?

• A. 14.94 oz

• B. 14.9 oz

• C. 15.0 oz

• D. 14.95 oz

George’s guitar is 1.063 meters long. Which of the following points on the number line shows the length of George’s guitar rounded to the nearest tenth of a meter?

• A. 1.0 meters

• B. 1.1 meters

• C. 1.06 meters

• D. 1.07 meters

Reuben writes a decimal number that rounds to 6.0 when rounded to the nearest tenth. Select whether each decimal number could be Reuben’s number.

• A. 6.09

• B. 5.96

• C. 6.048

• D. 5.931