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03 - A Approximation and Estimation (Basic)

This document provides a series of math problems involving rounding numbers to various levels of precision, estimating calculations, and evaluating expressions. The problems cover skills like rounding to significant figures and decimal places, estimating results, and evaluating multi-step calculations mentally or with a calculator. The goal seems to be practicing various numerical estimation and calculation techniques.

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03 - A Approximation and Estimation (Basic)

This document provides a series of math problems involving rounding numbers to various levels of precision, estimating calculations, and evaluating expressions. The problems cover skills like rounding to significant figures and decimal places, estimating results, and evaluating multi-step calculations mentally or with a calculator. The goal seems to be practicing various numerical estimation and calculation techniques.

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1. Round of 789 532 to the nearest 8. Write down the value of 19.

055 07 correct
(a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 10 000 to
(a) 1 significant figure,
2. Correct each of the following numbers to 1 (b) 1 decimal place,
decimal place. (c) 2 significant figures
(a) 2.497 (b) 18.5095
(c) 36.148 (c) 138.08 9. Round off 0.007 204 1 correct to

3. Correct each of the following numbers to 2 (a) 1 significant figure,


decimal place. (b) 3 decimal places,
(a) 4.698 (b) 14.937
(c) 26.8047 (d) 0.045 (c) 3 significant figures

4. Correct each of the following numbers to


decimal place. 10. Express 984.6080 correct to
(a) 4.825 51 (b) 6.8282 (a) 2 decimal places
(c) 7.4495 (d) 8.4453 (b) 4 significant figures,
(e) 11.6387 (f) 13.450 93 (c) 3 decimal places,
(g) 32.929 49 (h) 0.037 64 (d) the nearest hundredth.

5. Correct 36.2598 to 11. Express


(a) 1 decimal place (a) 0.000 142 58 correct to 3 significant figures,
(b) the nearest whole number (b) 5.1235 correct to 1 decimal place,
(c) 3 decimal places. (c) 1025 correct to 2 significant figures.

6. State the number of significant figures in 12. Express


each of the following. (a) 0.340 258 correct to 4 significant figures,
(a) 2.0087 (b) 0.003 506 (b) 10.2546 correct to 5 significant figures,
(c) 140.53 (d) 7 231.656 540 (c) 64 704 789 correct to 6 significant figures.

7. Round off each of the following to the 13. (a) Express 428.234 correct to 4 significant
number of significant figures as given in figures. State the number of decimal place (s)
brackets. in your answer.
(a) 3.9054 (2 s.f.) (b) 19.648 51 (2 s.f.)
(b) Express 0.000 897 5 correct to 5 decimal
(c) 37.87 (2 s.f.) (d) 4.0672 (3 s.f.)
places. State the number of significant
(e) 18.08 (3 s.f.) (f) 0.032 56 (3 s.f.)
figure(s) in your answer.
(g) 0.076 952 (3 s.f.)
(h) 0.008 165 4 (3 s.f.) 14. Round off each of the following measurement
(i) 18.1356 (4 s.f.) in cm to the nearest cm.
(j) 240.0489 (4 s.f.) (a) 4.45 (b) 23.67
(k) 5 003.583 (4 s.f.) (c) 107.05 (d) 654.59
(l) 0.054 452 (4 s.f.)
15. Round of each of the following measurement in 19. Rui Feng estimate 340 21 and said that the
kg to the nearest 0.1 kg answer is 15. Without doing the actual
(a) 14.045 (b) 57.496 calculation, use estimation to determine
(c) 108.356 (d) 763.247 whether Rui Feng’s answer is reasonable. Then
use a calculator to evaluate 340 21. Is his
16. Round off each of the following measurements estimated value close to the actual value? If not,
in cm2 to the nearest cm2 . has he underestimated or overestimated?
(a) 7. 0283 (b) 40.08
(c) 148.30 (d) 168.353 20. (i) Express, correct to 2 significant figures.
(a) 45.3125 (b) 3.9568
17. Round off
(ii) Use your answer in part (i) to estimate
(a) 5623 km to the nearest 10 km
45.3125 3.9568
(b) 881 cm to the nearest 100 cm
(c) 2.449 g to the nearest g (iii) Use calculator to evaluate part (ii). Is your
(d) $49 153 to the nearest $ 10 000. estimated value close to the actual value?

21. (a)Express 0.052 639 81 correct to 5 significant


18. Evaluate each of the following and correct your figures.
answer to 1 significant figure. (b) Estimate 1793 x 0.000 979 correct to 1
(a) 61.994 06 – 29. 980 78 decimal place.
(b) 64.967 02 – 36.230 87 . .
(c) Estimate correct to 1 significant
(c) 4987 x 91.2 .

(d) 30.9 x 98.6 figure


(e) 0.0079 x 21.7
22. A car travels 297 km. It uses a total of 19.91
(f) 1793 x 0.000 97
liters of petrol. Write down a calculation you
(g) 9801 x 0.0613
could do mentally to estimate the number of
(h) (8.907)2
liters used to travel 1 km.
(i) (398)2 x 0.062
(j) 81.09 1.592
.
23. Ethan and his classmates have to stay for the night
(k) to rush a project. He orders 9 set meals for dinner
.
.
(l) and each set meal cost $6.90. Ethan is asked to
.
pay $70. Show by estimation that Ethan has
(m) 15.002 0.019 99 – 68.12 paid the wrong amount for the set meals.
. .
(n)
.
. .
(o)
.
. .
(p)
.

.
(q)
.

. .
(r)
.

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