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Worksheet 1.1b

This worksheet provides students with practice problems on estimating and rounding numbers to significant figures. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions asking students to: 1) identify the number of significant figures in given numbers; 2) round numbers to specified significant figures; and 3) write out numbers rounded to 1, 2, and 3 significant figures as might appear in newspaper articles. The objective is for students to gain skill in expressing numbers to a given number of significant figures.

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Worksheet 1.1b

This worksheet provides students with practice problems on estimating and rounding numbers to significant figures. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions asking students to: 1) identify the number of significant figures in given numbers; 2) round numbers to specified significant figures; and 3) write out numbers rounded to 1, 2, and 3 significant figures as might appear in newspaper articles. The objective is for students to gain skill in expressing numbers to a given number of significant figures.

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Mathematics: Class 7

The City School


Worksheet # 1.1b

Topic: Estimation

Name: ___________________ Class: __________________

Objective:
Students will be able to:
• Identify and state the number of significant figures in a given number
• Express a number to a given number of significant figures

1. State whether following statements are true or false.


a) Zeroes to the right of a decimal point are never significant. ________
b) Leading zeros in decimal number are not significant. ________
c) 6.789 rounded to 2 significant figure is 6.8 ________
d) All non-zero numbers are significant. ________
e) 7800 rounded to 1 significant figure is 8 ________
f) 0.004056 rounded to 3 significant figures is 0.00406 ________

2. Complete the following table.

3. Round the number 13.9575 to the following number of significant figures:


a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

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Mathematics: Class 7

4. Find answer of the following statements.

a) Round 0.709 to one significant figure

b) Round 84472 to three significant figures

c) Round 12490 to two significant figures

d) Round 5607012 to three significant figures

e) Round 0.123456 to four significant figures

f) Round 0.961 to one significant figure

g) Round 1782739 to four significant figures

4. At a concert, there were 7819 spectators. In different newspaper articles, 7819 was rounded to one,
two, three significant figures.
a) Write 7819 to one significant figure.

b) Write 7819 to two significant figures.

c) Write 7819 to three significant figures.

5. Holly has worked out the answer to a calculation. Her teacher has told her to write all her answers
to four significant figures. Round her answer to four significant figures

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