How it works
Find the place. The digit next door decides.
Five or more goes up. Less than five stays.
Rounding 6.9 to the nearest whole number gives 7.
Worked examples
Round up
- Round 6.9 to the nearest whole number: ?
- Look at the tenths digit: 9.
- 9 is 5 or more, so round up to 7.
- So the answer is 7.
Round down
- Round 2.03 to the nearest whole number: ?
- Look at the tenths digit: 0.
- 0 is less than 5, so stay at 2.
- So the answer is 2.
Stay
- Round 7.14 to the nearest whole number: ?
- Look at the tenths digit: 1.
- 1 is less than 5, so stay at 7.
- So the answer is 7.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- Round 5.8 to the nearest whole number: __
- Round 1.2 to the nearest whole number: __
- Round 4.69 to the nearest tenth: __
- Round 2.07 to the nearest tenth: __
- Round 3.7 to the nearest whole number: __