Decimal place value (age 9+)
Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place
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If your child measures a length as 4.67 m, can they round it to the nearest whole metre — and also to the nearest tenth of a metre?
Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place
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- Round 3.47 to the nearest whole number (3) and to 1 d.p. (3.5)
- Round 12.95 to 1 d.p. (13.0) and explain the boundary case
- Estimate 4.83 + 2.17 by rounding each to the nearest whole number
“If your child measures a length as 4.67 m, can they round it to the nearest whole metre — and also to the nearest tenth of a metre?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 9–10