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Lesson 11 - Algebra - Scientific Notation - Significant Figures

Here are the answers to the Understanding questions from Exercise 3.3: 8) 3 significant figures 9) 4 significant figures 10) 2 significant figures 13) 3 significant figures 14) 2 significant figures 15) 5 significant figures 16) 3 significant figures

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Lesson 11 - Algebra - Scientific Notation - Significant Figures

Here are the answers to the Understanding questions from Exercise 3.3: 8) 3 significant figures 9) 4 significant figures 10) 2 significant figures 13) 3 significant figures 14) 2 significant figures 15) 5 significant figures 16) 3 significant figures

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Math meme of the WEEK

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Puzzle of the Day
STREET LIGHTS
Walking up a steep hill, I pass 10 equally spaced street
lights.
I take 5 seconds to walk from the first street light to the
second street light, 6 seconds from the second street
light to the third, and so on, with each time increasing by
1 second as I slow down.
How long do I take to walk from the first street light to the
last? 2
ALGEBRA
1 Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation

A method used to express

very large
small numbers.
and very

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Scientific Notation
 Standard form or scientific notation is a number between
1 and 10 multiplied by a power of ten. The number is
expressed in the form a × 10b where a is a number from 1 to
less than 10 and b is an integer (1 ≤ 𝒂 < 10)
6  4.1 (10 10 10 10 10 10)
 4 100 000
 To write numbers in standard form or scientific notation, place
the decimal point after the first non-zero digit, then multiply by a
power of 10.
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Scientific Notation

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Writing Large Numbers in Scientific Notation

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Writing Small Numbers in Scientific Notation

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2 Significant Figures
Significant Figures

A way to represent how


accurate the measurements are.

Measurements are only as accurate as the measuring devices allow


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Significant Figures
Examples
91.340 has four significant figures: 9,1, 3 and 4.
0.00271 has three significant figures: 2, 7 and 1.
76091 has five significant figures: 7, 6, 0, 9 and 1.

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Rules on Significant Figures
1. All non-zero numbers ARE significant.
53.2 has THREE significant figures since all of the digits present are
non-zero.

2. Zeros between two non-zero digits ARE SIGNIFICANT or zeros at the


end of a decimal number are significant.
2041 has FOUR significant figures. The zero is between a 2 and a 4.
0.040 has TWO significant figures. The zero at the end of the decimal
number is significant..

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Rules on Significant Figures
3. Zeros at the end of an integer or at the beginning of a
decimal number are NOT significant. They are merely "place holders."
45 200 has THREE significant figures. The zeros at the end
are not significant.
0.64 has only TWO significant figures.
0.00052 also has TWO significant figures. All of the zeros
are not significant.

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Rules on Significant Figures
4. For a number in scientific notation: a x 10b, all digits
comprising a ARE significant, however "10" and “b" are
NOT significant.

Example:

7.02 x 104 has THREE significant figures: "10” and "4" are
not significant

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Writing Significant Figures
 Zeros appearing at the end of a decimal number after
rounding are significant figures and must be retained to
give the required number of significant figures.
6.9999 to four significant figures is 7.000

 Zeros sometimes need to be added.


5.7 written to three significant figures is 5.70

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2 Independent Practice
Exercise 3,3
 Fluency – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 Understanding 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16
 Reasoning 17, 18, 19

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