Worksheet directions

Grade 5 • Guided Practice • Work with your teacher or a partner. Discuss the model or strategy, then complete each problem.

Sample questions

1. 4.Choose the closer benchmark (0, 1, 10, or 100) and round the decimal to that benchmark.
2. 6.Use the number line to explain how to round 2.46 to the nearest tenth. Write your answer and show how the number is closer to 2.5 than to 2.4.
3. 8.A student rounded 8.425 to the nearest hundredth and wrote 8.42. The student’s answer is not correct. Explain the mistake and write the correct rounded value.
4. 1.Round each decimal to the nearest tenth.
5. 3.Round each decimal to the place of the underlined digit.
6. 5.A ribbon is 4.87 meters long. Round the length to the nearest tenth of a meter.

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 5.NBT.A.4. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

• 5.NBT.A.4 — Round decimals to any place

Bring it into your lesson

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