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Significant Digits Practice

This document provides a practice worksheet on significant figures. Part A asks students to determine the number of significant figures in various numbers. Part B asks students to round numbers to a specified number of significant figures. Part C provides calculation problems and asks students to perform the calculations and round their answers to the appropriate number of significant figures based on the rules provided.

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Significant Digits Practice

This document provides a practice worksheet on significant figures. Part A asks students to determine the number of significant figures in various numbers. Part B asks students to round numbers to a specified number of significant figures. Part C provides calculation problems and asks students to perform the calculations and round their answers to the appropriate number of significant figures based on the rules provided.

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Significant Figures Practice Name: _____________________________________ Period: _________

Part A - Determine the number of significant digits in the following numbers:

Number Sig. Dig. Number Sig. Dig. Number Sig. Dig.


0.02 1 3.50 x 10 4 7 699.5 4
0.020 2 8.4572 x10 23 26 2.000 x10 2 5
501 3 3.01 x 10 21 24 4.7 x 10 -8 4
501.0 4 10,800,000 3 0.90100 5
5,000.0 5 5.000 x 10 3 6 0.0300 3
6,052.00 6 2 x 10 9 12 0.000410 3
8040 3 0.1020 4 90,100 3
0.0005 1 10,001 5 80405 5

Part B - Round the following to the indicated number of significant digits.

1. 2150 (2 s.d.) - 2
2. 0.0256 (2 s.d.) - 2
3. 0.0346 (2 s.d.) -
2
4. 0.0050129 (3 s.d.) -
3
5. 1.994 (3 s.d.) -
6. 2149.99 (3 s.d.) - 3

Part C – Calculations – Perform the operation and round the answer to the correct number of significant digits.

ADDING & SUBTRACTING:


RULE: Round off the final answer to the same number of decimal places as the number with the lowest number of decimal places

MULTIPLYING & DIVIDING:


RULE: Round off the final answer to the same number of significant digits as the number with the lowest number of significant digits

1. 1.35 x 2.267 = 3.06 11. 8.314 x 2.5x10-2 = 210

2. 1,035 / 42 = 12. 35.45 x 2.25 =


25 79.8
3. 12.01 + 35.2 + 6 = 13. 150 / 4 =
53 40

4. 55.46 – 28.9 = 14. 505 – 450.25 =


26.6 55

5. 0.021 x 3.2 x 100.1 = 15. 1.252 x 0.115 x 0.012 =


6 0.0014
6. 1.278 x 103 x 1.4267 x 102 = 16. 0.15 + 1.15 + 2.051 =
18230 3.35
7. 0.2129 + 0.002 + 0.03 = 17. 41.11 + 20.5 + 18.333 =
0.24 79.9
8. 101.4 + 25 + 201 = 18. 3.76x105 – 276 =
327 375724
9. 1.0 + 2.04 + 5.03 = 19. 45 + 35.13 + 300 =
8.1 380
10. 2.5 x 1.1111 = 20. 450 x 0.08456 =
2.8 38

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