Functional Skills Maths

ROUNDING
Approximate by rounding to a whole
number or to one or two decimal
places

Iain Blackshaw

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 Learning Objectives
Your aim is to be able to:

•Round to the nearest whole number,

10,100,100 and 2 decimal places
•Approximate whole numbers by rounding
•Identify and round to a given number of
significant figures

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 Rounding – to the nearest 10

4832 4837 195

5 or 5 or 5 or
No more? Yes more? Yes more?

4830 4840 200

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 Rounding – to the nearest 100

158231 5872 89
5 or 5 or 5 or
No more? Yes more? Yes more?

158200 5900 100

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 Try these questions

Round the following Round the following Round the following

numbers to the numbers to the numbers to the
nearest 10 nearest 100
nearest 1000
13 = 140
2300
23 = 260
1978
18 = 180

98 345 4368

134 352 6500

192 985 9500
372 1050
13483
1243 6929
49268
5253 8728

12425
123436
37546
15500
999501

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 Answers

Round the following Round the following

Round the following
numbers to the numbers to the
nearest 100
numbers to the nearest
nearest 10
1000
13 = 10 140 = 100
2300 = 2000
23 = 20 260 = 300
1978 = 2000
18 = 20 180 = 200
4368 = 4000
98 = 100 345 = 300
6500 = 7000
134 = 130 352 = 400
9500 = 10,000
192 = 190 985 = 1000
13483 = 13,000
372 = 370 1050 =1100
49268 = 49,000
1243 = 1240 6929 = 6900
123436 = 123,000
5253 = 5250 8728 = 8700
15500 = 16000
37546 = 37550 12425 = 12400
999501 = 1, 000,000
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 Complete the table
Remember to go back to the original number each time before rounding

Number To nearest To nearest To nearest

10 100 1000

37 521
274 503
7 630 918
9 875

452

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 Answers

Number To nearest To nearest To nearest 1000

10 100

37 521 37520 37 500 38 000

274 503 274 500 274 500 275 000
7 630 918 7 630 920 7 630 900 7 631 000
9 875 9 880 9900 10 000

452 450 500 0

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 Rounding to Decimal Places: 2DP

4.8325 4.846 4.85951

5 or 5 or 5 or
No Yes more? Yes more?
more?

4.83 4.85 4.86

1.6949 5.2671 1.897

5 or 5 or 5 or
No Yes more? Yes more?
more?

1.69 5.27 1.90

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 Rounding to Decimal Places: 3DP

4.8325 4.8462 4.8595

5 or 5 or 5 or
Yes No more? Yes more?
more?

4.833 4.846 4.860

1.6942 5.2627 1.9999

5 or 5 or 5 or
No Yes more? Yes more?
more?

1.694 5.263 2.000

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 Rounding to Decimal Places
1DP 2DP 3DP
4.852 1.6949 5.2627
5 or 5 or 5 or
Yes more? No Yes
more? more?

4.9 1.69 5.263

Complete the tables
Round the following
Round the following Round the following numbers to
numbers to
numbers to
The nearest whole number
2 decimal places
1 decimal places
3.7854 3.79
6.78 6.8 23.6798 24
4.5564
4.93 63.4721
1.595
5.03
6.473 87.6564
2.68
0.273
7.55 149.9875
2.571
3.44
8.995 3.54029
12.09
0.425 0.59999
18.89
5.721
44.347 0.39999
325.1741
82.383
82.3643 0.189 11
49.2532
 Answers

Round the following Round the following Round the following

numbers to numbers to numbers to
1 decimal places 2 decimal places The nearest whole
6.78 6.8 number
3.7854 3.79
4.93 4.9 23.6798 24
4.5564 4.56
5.03 5.0 1.595 1.60 63.4721 63
2.68 2.7 6.473 6.47 87.6564 88
7.55 7.6 0.273 0.27
149.9875 150
3.44 3.4 2.571 2.57
12.09 12.1 8.995 9.00 3.54029 4
18.89 18.9 0.425 0.43 0.59999 1
44.347 44.3 5.721 5.72 0.39999 0
82.383 82.4 325.1741 325.17
0.189 0
49.2532 49.3 82.3643 82.36

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FINAL CHALLENGE
Now, you are getting familiar with how to round
numbers effectively, take a look at the A-mazing
Rounding Challenge on the additional
document.
Print it off and use a different colour pen/pencil
to navigate your way from START to FINISH.
How long will it take you to complete?
GOOD LUCK!

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