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Rounding Significant Figures PDF

This document provides examples and questions about rounding numbers to significant figures. It asks the reader to round given numbers to 1, 2, or 3 significant figures. It also provides some word problems involving rounding numbers in contexts like election results and population data. The document is a lesson on significant figures and rounding numbers for students learning these concepts.

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Rounding Significant Figures PDF

This document provides examples and questions about rounding numbers to significant figures. It asks the reader to round given numbers to 1, 2, or 3 significant figures. It also provides some word problems involving rounding numbers in contexts like election results and population data. The document is a lesson on significant figures and rounding numbers for students learning these concepts.

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Rounding: Signi+icant Figures


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Question 1: Round each of the following numbers to 1 signi+icant +igure

(a) 36 (b) 22 (c) 83 (d) 68 (e) 97 (f) 120 (g) 519

(h) 260 (i) 741 (j) 888 (k) 408 (l) 650 (m) 148 (n) 972

(o) 3900 (p) 5400 (q) 4125 (r) 2732 (s) 6349 (t) 8099 (u) 6499

Question 2: Round each of the following numbers to 1 signi+icant +igure

(a) 12000 (b) 46000 (c) 74500 (d) 83771 (e) 95120 (f) 330000

(g) 863000 (h) 248220 (i) 489331 (j) 13800000

Question 3: Round each of the following numbers to 1 signi+icant +igure

(a) 2.9 (b) 3.2 (c) 5.7 (d) 46.81 (e) 57.25 (f) 80.96 (g) 94.9

(h) 115.1 (i) 8.482 (j) 13.65 (k) 66.321 (l) 5501.4 (m) 48.02 (n) 99.99

Question 4: Round each of the following numbers to 1 signi+icant +igure

(a) 0.54 (b) 0.86 (c) 0.161 (d) 0.048 (e) 0.0943 (f) 0.0071 (g) 0.0038

(h) 0.06482 (i) 0.8835 (j) 0.00064 (k) 0.00098 (l) 0.00002789

Question 5: Round each of the following numbers to 2 signi+icant +igures

(a) 844 (b) 665 (c) 129 (d) 2840 (e) 9250 (f) 1359 (g) 298

(h) 504 (i) 999 (j) 3841 (k) 48500 (l) 13.7 (m) 58.3 (n) 49.6

(o) 1.41 (p) 42.64 (q) 0.3189 (r) 22490 (s) 186110 (t) 0.04912 (u) 4.98

(v) 997826 (w) 2.99517 (x) 0.06014


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Rounding: Signi+icant Figures


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Question 6: Round each of the following numbers to 3 signi+icant +igures

(a) 9433 (b) 1891 (c) 2496 (d) 3.226 (e) 37756 (f) 57147 (g) 7.0078

(h) 51.564 (i) 0.90341 (j) 2.7892 (k) 0.08906 (l) 0.007812 (m) 9909.1 (n) 0.6006

Apply

Question 1: In an election 43.8% of people voted for a candidate.


Round this +igure to one signi+icant +igure

Question 2: 32641 people watch a rugby match between Italy and Argentina.
Round this number to 2 signi+icant +igures.

Question 3: Round the following numbers to 1 signi+icant +igure

(a) eight million, six hundred thousand (b) the product of 19 and 351


Question 4: Tom has been asked to round the number on the calculator to 2 signi+icant
+igures.
Tom says the answer is 516.16

Can you explain Tom’s mistake?

Question 5: The population of Frome to 2 signi+icant +igures is 26,000.



(a) Write down the lowest number of people that could live in Frome?

(b) Write down the greatest number of people that could live in Frome?

Question 6: Round to 2 signi+icant +igures.


Give your answer as an ordinary number.

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