Rounding Decimals

How do you round a number to the nearest dollar?

• If it's 50 cents or more, round up; if it's less than 50 cents, round down.

• Always round up regardless of the cents.

• Round down to the nearest ten cents.

• Round to the nearest whole number without considering cents.

Round 5.592 to the nearest hundredth.

• 5.58

• 5.59

• 5.60

• 5.57

If you round 4.567 to the nearest tenth, what do you get?

• 4.5

• 4.6

• 4.7

• 4.8

What does it mean to round to the nearest hundredth?

• Rounding to the nearest hundredth means looking at the digit in the thousandths place to decide whether to round the hundredths place up or keep it the same.

• Rounding to the nearest hundredth means adjusting the number to the nearest whole number.

• Rounding to the nearest hundredth means looking at the digit in the tenths place to decide whether to round the hundredths place up or down.

• Rounding to the nearest hundredth means ignoring all digits after the hundredths place.

What is the rule for rounding up?

• If the digit to the right of the place you are rounding to is 5 or greater, round up.

• If the digit to the right of the place you are rounding to is less than 5, round down.

• Always round up regardless of the digit to the right.

• Round up only if the digit to the right is 0.

Sakarie rounded $2.59 to the nearest dollar. How much did she leave as a tip?

• $2.50

• $2.75

• $3.00

• $3.25

If you round 3.14159 to the nearest hundredth, what do you get?

• 3.12

• 3.14

• 3.15

• 3.13

What is a decimal?

• A number that includes a decimal point, separating the whole number part from the fractional part.

• A whole number without any fractions or decimals.

• A number that is always less than one.

• A type of fraction that cannot be expressed as a whole number.

Round 56.789 to the nearest tenth.

• 56.7

• 56.8

• 57.0

• 56.5

What does it mean to round to the nearest tenth?

• Rounding to the nearest tenth means looking at the digit in the hundredths place to decide whether to round the tenths place up or keep it the same.

• Rounding to the nearest tenth means always increasing the tenths place by one.

• Rounding to the nearest tenth means ignoring the hundredths place entirely.

• Rounding to the nearest tenth means rounding down to the nearest whole number.