Rounding Decimals

Directions: Using the digits 1 to 6, at most one time each, place a digit in each box to make the largest (or smallest) number that rounds to 5.

Hint

What number needs to go in the ones place?

Answer

largest: 5.46321
smallest: 4.51236

Source: Annie Forest

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6 comments

  1. Great! Thanks for this great exercise for students!

  2. For Smallest I got 1.23456
    -Mrs.Davis class-Jamie.c

  3. Doesn’t 5.46321 round to 5 OR 6? (because it would be 5.5)

  4. My students loved this!

  5. The largest number would be
    1. 5,34621
    2. 4,65312

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