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Practice Worksheet for Significant Figures

1. State the number of significant digits in each measurement.

1) 2804 m 2) 2.84 km 3) 5.029 m

4) 0.003068 m 5) 4.6 x 105 m 6) 4.06 x 10-5 m

7) 750 m 8) 75 m 9) 75,000 m

10) 75.00 m 11) 75,000.0 m 12) 10 cm

2. Round the following numbers as indicated:

To four sig. figs.:

3.682417 21.860051 375.6523 112.511 45.4673

To one sig fig:

41.87 2.473 5.687524 125.3 8.235

To two sig figs:

22.494 79.2588 0.03062 3.4125 41.86632

Round the last row of numbers of problem #2 to 2 sig figs using scientific notation:

4. Express the following numbers in their equivalent standard notational form. Then identify how
many sig figs are in the number.
Scientific notation #sig figs

1) 123,876.3 __________________ _____

2) 1,236,840 __________________ _____

3) 422000 __________________ _____

4) 0.000000000000211 __________________ _____

5) 0.000238 __________________ _____

6) 0.0000205 __________________ _____

Dr. Behrang Madani Chemistry B11 Bakersfield College


4. Solve the following problems and report answers with appropriate number of significant digits.

1) 6.201 in. + 7.4 in. + 0.68 ft. +12.0 in. =

2) 1.6 s + 1.62 hr +1200 min =

3) 8.264 g - 7.8 g =

4) 10.4168 m - 6.0 m =

5) 12.00 kg+15.001 kg=

6) 1.31 cm x 2.3 cm =

7) 5.7621 m x 6.201 m =

8) 20.2 cm / 7.41 s =

9) 40.002 g /13.000005 g =

5. Identify the sums or differences of the following with appropriate number of sig figs.:

1) (8.41 X 104) + (9.71 X 104) =

2) (5.11 X 102) - (4.2 X 102) =

3) (8.2 X 103) + (4.0 X 103) =

4) (6.3 X 10-2) - (2.1 X 10-2) =

6. Express the product and the quotients of the following with the appropriate number of sig figs:

1) (3.56 X 105) (4.21 X 106) =

2) (2 X 107) (8 X 10-9) =

3) (4.11 X 10-6) (7.51 X 10-4) =

4) 8.45 X 107 / 6.74 X 103 =

5) 9.7 X 108 / 8.6 X 10-2 =

6) 4.7 X 10-2 / 5.7 X 10-6 =

Dr. Behrang Madani Chemistry B11 Bakersfield College

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