6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. A meter is approximately 39.37
    inches long. To the nearest inch,
    how long is one meter?

  2. The weight of a bag of marshmallows
    is labeled 6.5 ounces. This weight is
    rounded to the nearest tenth of an
    ounce. What is the least that the
    actual weight could be?


Round to the nearest cent.


  1. $4.368 2. $5.472 3. $35.476 4. $12.525

  2. $.463 6. $.085 7. $1.5971 8. $99.9943


Round each number to the underlined place.


  1. 94 ,329 10. 17 ,721 11. 0.19 716 12.3.141 59

  2. 2.718 28 14. 100 .5003 15. 99 .59 16.0.666 66


Round each number in the table to its greatest place.









Round each number to the greatest nonzero place.


  1. 2.814 20.0.69 21. 0.073 22.0.0394

  2. 68.347 24.44.8243 25. 0.008432 26.0.00473


Place a decimal point in each numeral so that the sentence
seems reasonable. Then round the decimal to the nearest tenth.


  1. Conrad rode his racing bicycle 28. Maria’s science test grades
    1575 miles in an hour. averaged 8945 for the month.


Ocean Average Depth (feet)
Pacific 12,925
Atlantic 11,730
Indian 12,598
Arctic 3,407

Continent Area in Square Miles
Europe 3,800,000
Asia 17,200,000
Africa 11,700,000
Australia 3,071,000


  1. Gasoline is priced at $2.499 per
    gallon. What is the price per gallon
    rounded to the nearest cent?

  2. The average distance from the sun
    to Earth rounded to the nearest
    million is about 93,000,000 miles.
    What is the greatest whole number
    that the actual distance could be?


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