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Year 8-Worksheet 3.2 - Rounding-1

This document contains a mathematics worksheet on rounding numbers to significant figures. It includes 3 tasks: 1) choosing the correctly rounded numbers, 2) rounding given numbers to specified significant figures, and 3) noting that one of the answers in task 2 rounded to decimal places instead of significant figures as instructed.

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Year 8-Worksheet 3.2 - Rounding-1

This document contains a mathematics worksheet on rounding numbers to significant figures. It includes 3 tasks: 1) choosing the correctly rounded numbers, 2) rounding given numbers to specified significant figures, and 3) noting that one of the answers in task 2 rounded to decimal places instead of significant figures as instructed.

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Name: ____________________________ Year 8 Sec: _______

Subject: Mathematics Date: ____________


Unit: 3 Place value and rounding
3.2 – Rounding

TASK: 1
1. Which is the correct answer in each case, (a), (b) , (c) or (d) ?
(i) 567 rounded to 1 s. f.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 500 (d) 600
(ii) 15.493 rounded to 2 s. f.
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 15.49 (d) 15.50
(iii) 0.078 87 rounded to 3 s. f.
(a) 0.078 (b) 0.079 (c) 0.0789 (d) 0.0790
(iv) 0.007 77777 rounded to 4 s. f.
(a) 0.0077 (b) 0.0078 (c) 0.007 777 (d) 0.007778

TASK: 2

2. Round each number to the given number of significant figures (s. f.).
a) 2468.15 (1 s. f.) =

b) 759.233 (2 s. f.) =

c) 5.3691 (3 s. f.) =

d) 0.0781 (1 s. f.) =

e) 0.1954 (2 s. f.) =

TASK: 3
1.

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Answers
TASK: 1
1. Which is the correct answer in each case, (a), (b) , (c) or (d) ?
(i) 567 rounded to 1 s. f.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 500 (d) 600
(ii) 15.493 rounded to 2 s. f.
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 15.49 (d) 15.50
(iii) 0.078 87 rounded to 3 s. f.
(a) 0.078 (b) 0.079 (c) 0.0789 (d) 0.0790
(iv) 0.007 77777 rounded to 4 s. f.
(a) 0.0077 (b) 0.0078 (c) 0.007 777 (d) 0.007778
TASK: 2

2. Round each number to the given number of significant figures (s. f.).
a) 2468.15 (1 s. f.) = 2000

b) 759.233 (2 s. f.) = 760

c) 5.3691 (3 s. f.) = 5.37

d) 0.0781 (1 s. f.) = 0.08

e) 0.1954 (2 s. f.) = 20

TASK: 3

Tom has rounded the number to 2 decimal places, not significant figures.

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