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Rounding Numbers: A Practical Guide

The document provides an overview of rounding numbers, including whole numbers, decimal places, and significant figures. It explains the rules for rounding, such as rounding down for digits 4 or less and rounding up for digits 5 or more. Additionally, it includes examples and practice questions to reinforce the concepts of approximation and rounding.

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Rounding Numbers: A Practical Guide

The document provides an overview of rounding numbers, including whole numbers, decimal places, and significant figures. It explains the rules for rounding, such as rounding down for digits 4 or less and rounding up for digits 5 or more. Additionally, it includes examples and practice questions to reinforce the concepts of approximation and rounding.

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APPROXIMATION

Rounding Up
Numbers
Learning
Understand and identify
Objectives:
whole numbers, decimal
places, and significant figures.

Round numbers to a specified


number of whole numbers,
decimal places, and significant
figures
WHY ROUND A NUMBER?
Approximation means finding a value that’s close enough to
the real thing. It helps you work faster and make quick
decisions without always being exact. We do this by rounding
numbers.
Tips for Rounding
4 or less rounds DOWN
Numbers
If the next digit is

5 or more rounds UP
ROUNDING WHOLE NUMBERS

Round 347 to the nearest Round 2,843 to the nearest


10 100
3 4 7 2 , 8 4 3
Tens Hundreds

→ it’s more than 5, so we → it’s less than 5, so round


round up. down.
Answer: Answer: 2,800
350!
ROUNDING TO DECIMAL PLACES

Round 3.786 to 1 decimal Round 9.732 to 2 decimal


place places
3 . 7 8 6 9 . 7 3 2
1 decimal place 2 decimal place

→ it’s more than 5, so we → it’s less than 5, so round


round up. down.
Answer: 3.8! Answer: 9.73
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

Significant figures are digits 4 . 5 1 3 7


in a number that are
important for representing First significant digit
precision.
The first significant digit in a
number is the first non-zero 0 . 0 5 6 1
digit, followed by the second
significant digit. First significant digit
ROUNDING TO SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

Round 0.0476 to 2 significant Round 4,582 to 1 significant


figure figure
0 . 0 4 7 6 4 , 5 8 2
2nd significant figure 1st significant figure
→ it’s more than 5, so we → it’s more than 5, so round
round up. up.
Answer: 0.048 Answer: 5,000
EXAMPLES
Round the following to 1 significant figure:

0.0082 0.08

4.357 4

18.46 20
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Round the following to 1 significant figure:

4.5137 0.0413 47.581


SOLUTIONS
Round the following to 1 significant figure:

4.5137 0.0413 47.581

5 0.04 50
TRY THIS…
Rounding the following to whole number
and 2 decimal place.

3.7089 0.05871 142.651


SOLUTIONS…
Answer key:Whole Number
2 Decimal Place

3.7089 0.05871 142.651

4 0 143
3.71 0.06 142.65
WELL DONE
ANY QUESTIONS?

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