Name: ___________________________________ Score: ____________________

Grade & Section: __________________________ Date: _____________________

 
Worksheet No. 5
ROUNDING-OFF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
 
LEARNING COMPETENCY:
The learners
1. Rounds decimal numbers to the nearest hundredth and thousandth.
2. Rounds decimal numbers to the nearest whole number and tenth.

After going through this lesson, you are expected to round-off significant figures.

LET’S LEARN ABOUT IT!

What is Rounding Off?

Rounding off means a number is made simpler by keeping its value intact but closer
to the next number. It is done for whole numbers, and for decimals at various places of
hundreds, tens, tenths, etc. Rounding off numbers is done to preserve the significant
figures. The number of significant figures in a result is simply the number of figures that are
known with some degree of reliability.

The number 13.2 is said to have 3 significant figures. Non-zero digits are always
significant. 3.14159 has six significant digits (all the numbers give you useful information).
Thus, 67 has two significant digits, and 67.3 has three significant digits.

Rounding Rules for Whole Numbers

Rounding rules for whole numbers are as follows:
1. To get an accurate result, always choose the smaller place value.
2. Look for the next smaller place which is towards the right of the number that is being
rounded off. For example, if you are rounding off a digit from the tens place, look for
a digit in the one’s place.
3. If the digit in the smallest place is less than 5, then the digit is left untouched. Any
number of digits after that number becomes zero and this is known as rounding
down.
4. If the digit in the smallest place is greater than or equal to 5, then the digit is added
with +1. Any digits after that number become zero and this is known as rounding up.

Worksheet 5||Page 1 of 7
Example of How to Round Off
Round to Nearest Hundred
1. Let’s consider the number 3350. To round off to the nearest significant number,
consider hundred places and follow the steps given below:
2. Identify the digit present in the hundreds place: 3.
3. Identify the next smallest place in the number: 5.
4. If the smallest place digit is greater than or equal to 5, then round up the digit.
5. Now add +1 to the digit in the hundreds place. 3+1=4. Therefore, the other digits
become zero.
6. So, the final number is 3400.

Round to Nearest Ten

1. Let’s consider the number 313.5. To round off to the nearest significant number,
consider tens place and follow the steps as given below:
2. Identify the digit present in the tens place: 1.
3. Identify the next smallest place in the number: 3.
4. If the smallest place digit is greater than or equal to 5, then round up the digit.
5. Since the digit in the smallest place is less than 5, a round down must be done and
the digit remains unchanged.
6. Every other digit becomes zero.
7. So, the final number is 310.

Round to Nearest Ten

1. Let’s consider number 499. To round off to the nearest significant number, consider
tens place and follow the steps as given below:
2. Identify the digit present in the tens place: 9.
3. Identify the next smallest place in the number: 9.
4. If the smallest place digit is greater than or equal to 5, then round up the digit.
5. As the digit in the one place is greater than 5, +1 must be added.
6. Therefore, 9+1=10 and the 1 is carried to the next place.
7. So, the final number is 500.

TRY THESE!
A. Round the numbers to underlined digit.
1. 289,087 6. 267,769
2. 30,156 7. 589,078
3. 79,432 8. 1,354
4. 651,739 9. 4,651
5. 7,856 10. 65,066

B. Round off as needed.

Example: 620,125
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000
620,130 620,100 620,000 620,000 600,000

1. 432,889
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000

Worksheet 5||Page 2 of 7
 2. 781,236
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000

3. 342,908
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000

4. 133,451
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000

Rounding Rules for Decimal Numbers

1. Rounding rules for decimal numbers are as follows:
2. Determine the rounding digit and look at its righthand side.
3. If the digits on the right-hand side are less than 5, consider them as equal to
zero.
4. If the digits on the right-hand side are greater than or equal to 5, then add +1 to
that digit and consider all other digits as zero.

Round to Nearest Tenth

1. Let’s consider the number 0.73. To round off to the nearest significant number,
consider tenths place and follow the steps as given below:
2. Identify the digit present in the tenth place: 7.
3. Identify the next smallest place in the number: 3.
4. If the smallest place digit is greater than or equal to 5 then round up the digit.
5. As the digit in the smallest digit is less than 5, the digit gets round down.
6. So, the final number is 0.7.

How to round off decimals?

1. Rounding rules for decimal numbers are as follows:
2. Find the rounding digit and analyses it at its right-hand side.
3. If the digits on the right-hand side are less than 5, consider them equal to zero.
4. If the digits on the right-hand side are greater than or equal to 5, then add +1 to
that digit and consider all other digits as zero.

Explain the process of rounding the nearest tenth?

1. Let’s consider the number 0.64.
2. To round off to the nearest significant number, consider tenths place and follow
the steps as given below:
2.1. Identify the digit present in the tenth place: 6
2.2. Identify the next smallest place in the number: 4
2.3. If the smallest place digit is greater than or equal to 5, then round up the
digit.
2.4. As the digit in the smallest digit is less than 5, the digit gets rounded down.

Worksheet 5||Page 3 of 7
 C. Do what is asked for.

LEARNER’S REFLECTION:
What I learned from the activity/ies is/are
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

REFERENCES:

Worksheet 5||Page 4 of 7
 1. https://byjus.com/physics/error-significant-figures-rounding-off/#:~:text=Rounding
%20off%20means%20a%20number,to%20preserve%20the%20significant
%20figures.

2. https://www.mathfunworksheets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RN27.pdf

3. https://www.mathfunworksheets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RN30.pdf

4. https://www.mathfunworksheets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RN31.pdf

Prepared by:

 
ISAGANI P. NOCUS
Secondary School Teacher - I
Ibabang Talim Integrated High School

Worksheet 5||Page 5 of 7
ANSWER KEY (Worksheet)
ADOPT-A-NON-NUMERATES
(Worksheet No. 5)

A. Round the numbers to underlined digit

1. 300,000
2. 30,160
3. 80,000
4. 651,740
5. 7,900
6. 300,000
7. 589,100
8. 1,000
9. 5,000
10. 65,000

B. Round off as needed.

1. 432,889
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000
432,890 432,900 433,000 430,000 400,000

2. 781,236
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000
781,240 781,200 781,000 780,000 800,000

3. 342,908
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000
342,910 342,900 343,000 340,000 300,000

4. 133,451
Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 Nearest Nearest
10,000 100.000
133,450 133,500 130,000 130,000 100,000

Worksheet 5||Page 6 of 7
 C. Do what is asked for.

Prepared by:

 
ISAGANI P. NOCUS
Secondary School Teacher - I
Ibabang Talim Integrated High School

Worksheet 5||Page 7 of 7