Lesson 31.

Rounding Decimal Numbers to the Nearest Hundredths and Thousandths

Explore and Discover!

James climb a 483-meter hill. If there are 1000 meters in 1 kilometer,

what part of the hill did Luis climb? Round to the nearest hundredths.

To know the part of the hill Luis climb.

1. Change meter to kilometre. (1000 m=1 km)

483
= 0.483
1000

Rounding off number using number line

.480 .481 .482 .483 .484 .485 .486 .487 .488 .489 .490

From the diagram, it is easy to see that 0.483 is nearer to .480 than 0.490. So, 0.483 is rounded
to 0.480.

Now, let us try to round 0.483 to the nearest hundredths.

Study the illustration below.

Rounding place
0.483

The digit to the right is smaller

than 5, so it rounds down.

0.483 rounded to the nearest

thousandths is 0.480 or 0.48.

To round decimals:
1. Identify the digit to be rounded-off.
2. Inspect the digit to the right of the required place.
a. If the digit is greater than 5, add 1 to the digit at the required place.
b. If the digit is less than 5, retain the digit at the required place. Then drop all the
digits to the right of the required place.
c. Copy all the digits to the left of the required place if there are any.
 Get Moving!
A. Round to the nearest hundredths.
1) 48.019 _________________ 6) 0.925 _________________
2) 16.975 _________________ 7) 4.018 _________________
3) 15.614 _________________ 8) 12.3057 _________________
4) 12.089 _________________ 9) 8.1749 _________________
5) 4.613 _________________ 10) 1.001 _________________

B. Round to the nearest thousandths.

1) 8.0079 _________________ 6) 8.3056 _________________
2) 1.4067 _________________ 7) 1.6149 _________________
3) 2.5974 _________________ 8) 12.0192 _________________
4) 0.1549 _________________ 9) 3.8315 _________________
5) 2.5973 _________________ 10) 2.5615 _________________

Keep Moving!
A. Complete the table.

Round to the nearest

Decimal Round to nearest hundredths
thousandths

1. 2. 3842

2. 0.56893

3. 2.96425

4. 5.2358

5. 0.86302
B. Encircle the letter of the number that rounds off to the given number.

1. 3.65 a. 3.624 b. 3.580 c. 3.672 d. 3.647

2. 15.27 a. 15.225 b. 15.278 c. 15.278 d. 15. 273

3. 10.85 a. 10.859 b. 10.857 c. 10.851 d. 10.856

4. 32.548 a. 32.5476 b. 32.5488 c. 23.534 d. 32.6437

5. 211.78 a. 211.789 b. 211.784 c. 211.786 d. 211.7865

Apply Your Skills!

Answer the following:

1. What is the smallest decimal in hundredths that rounds to 0.5?

2. What is the largest decimal in hundreths that round to 0.5?
3. One centimeter is equivalent to about 0.3937 inch. Round off the given equivalent to the
nearest hunderdths.
4. Mrs. Edlagan has a total deposit of 50 766.25. The annual interest at 3% simple interest
is 1 522.9875. Round off interest to the nearest hundredths and thousandths.
5. The decimal rounds to 3.2. The digit in the thousandths place is 4 times that in the
hundredths place. The sum of the digits is 15. What decimal is it?