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Zoo Checkup Rounding: Animal Weights and Heights

Grade 5 practice rounding decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth, and hundredth with zoo vet measurements and number lines.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NBT.A.4

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students round decimals to thousandths to the nearest whole number, tenth, and hundredth using place value.
  • Students use number lines to decide which benchmark decimal a measurement is closer to.
  • Students find decimals that round to a given value and explain a common rounding mistake.

How to use

Use after teaching decimal place value to thousandths. Have students underline the digit in the rounding place and circle the digit to its right before they decide to round up or down.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NBT.A.4

Round decimals to any place.

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Zoo Checkup Rounding: Animal Weights and Heights

Help Dr. Okafor, the zoo vet, round her measurements to the nearest whole number, tenth, or hundredth.

Number line checkups

Dr. Okafor plots some measurements on number lines. Use each number line to help you round.

1.
A baby penguin has a mass of 3.47 kilograms.

3.43.5
3.47 rounded to the nearest tenth is   kilograms.

2.
A young tortoise has a shell that is 0.632 meter long.

0.630.64
0.632 rounded to the nearest hundredth is   meter.

3.
A flamingo stands 1.38 meters tall. Use the number line to round 1.38 to the nearest whole number.
11.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.92
  • A. 1.4
  • B. 2
  • C. 1
  • D. 1.3

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