Decimal Rounding Challenge

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice (Choose the best answer)

1. Round $3.27 to the nearest tenth.

$3.3

$3.2

$3.27

$3.0

2. Round 6.14 to the nearest whole number.

6.1

6.5

3. Round 2.65 to the nearest tenth. (Think about the midpoint rule.)

2.6

2.7

3.0

2.65

4. Check all situations where it is usual to round to the nearest whole number:

When counting people at a class activity

When reporting a temperature in °C for a weather forecast

When paying exact cents at a shop

When giving a rough distance in kilometres on a map

5. Round 7.962 to the nearest hundredth. Write your answer and show the rounded value.

6. A banana costs $4.85. Round this price to:

a) the nearest tenth: ____

b) the nearest whole dollar: ____

7. Place 3.27 on the number line between 3.2 and 3.3. Then show why it rounds to the nearest tenth the way you chose.

8. Explain in one sentence why 5.49 rounds to 5 when rounding to the nearest whole number.