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Approximation and SF His Ms

This document provides examples and rules for approximating numbers to a specified number of significant figures or decimal places. It addresses rounding numbers to the nearest value, as well as truncating numbers to a given number of significant figures. Examples are provided for rounding to 1, 2, 3, or 4 decimal places or significant figures. Rules specify that all non-zero digits are significant, zeros between non-zero digits are significant, and zeros after a non-zero digit in a decimal are significant.

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Approximation and SF His Ms

This document provides examples and rules for approximating numbers to a specified number of significant figures or decimal places. It addresses rounding numbers to the nearest value, as well as truncating numbers to a given number of significant figures. Examples are provided for rounding to 1, 2, 3, or 4 decimal places or significant figures. Rules specify that all non-zero digits are significant, zeros between non-zero digits are significant, and zeros after a non-zero digit in a decimal are significant.

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TOPIC- APPROXIMATION

1. Round off each of the numbers to the nearest 10.


280
a) 275 :___________________________.

b) 273.1 :___________________________.
270

2. Round off 3 409 725 to the nearest


3 409 730
a) 10 :___________________________.

3 409 700
b) 100 :___________________________.

3 410 000
c) 1000 :___________________________.

341 0000
d) 10000 :___________________________.

3. Correct 96.482 to
96.5
a) 1 Decimal Place :___________________________.

96
b) The Nearest whole number. :___________________________.

4. Correct 78.4695 to
i) 78.5
1 decimal Place :___________________________.

ii) 78
The nearest whole number :___________________________.

iii) 78.47
The nearest hundredth :___________________________.

iv) 78.470
The nearest 0.001 :___________________________.

HIS 1
5. Round off 698 352 to the nearest
698 400
a) 100 :___________________________.

698 000
b) 1000 :___________________________.

c) 10000 :___________________________.
70 0000

6. Correct 45.7395 to
45.7
a) 1 decimal place :___________________________.

46
b) The nearest whole number. :___________________________.

c) 3 decimal places. :___________________________.


45.740

7. Round off
4.9
a) 4.918 m to the nearest 0.1 m :___________________________.

10
b) 9.71 cm to the nearest cm :___________________________.

11
c) $10.982 to the nearest ten cents. :___________________________.

1
d) 6.489 to the nearest 6.49
𝑘𝑔 :___________________________.
100

HIS 2
Topic: Significant Figure
 Rule:1 [All Non-Zero Digits are significant]
Example: The number 7258 has 4 significant Figures.
a) 192 : ___________
3

b) 83.96 : ___________
4

1
c) 3 : ___________

d) 4.5 : ___________
2

 Rule-2 [ All zero between non zero digits are significant]


The number 32.047 has 5 significant figures
a) 506 : ___________
3

4
b) 1.099 : ___________

c) 3.0021 : ___________
5

6
d) 70.8001 : ___________

 Rule-3: In a decimal all zeroes after a non-zero digit are significant.


2
a) 0.10 : ___________
3
b) 0.500 : ___________

c) 41.0320 : ___________
6

4
d) 6.090 : ___________

 Rule:4 In a decimal all zeroes before a non-zero digit are not significant
2
a) 0.021 : ___________

3
b) 0.603 : ___________

c) 0.00173 : ___________
3

d) 0.1090 : ___________
4

HIS 3
 Rule:5 In whole numbers the zeroes at the end may or may not be significant. It depends
on how the numbers are approximated.
a) 3800 m (to the nearest 10 m) : ___________
3
b) 25 000 km (to the nearest km) : ___________
5
2
c) 100 000 g (to the nearest 10 000g) : ___________
1. Round off the following to the number of significant figures as given below.
a) 8982 (2 sf) : ___________
9000

0.006020
b) 0.0060195 (4 sf) : ___________

1.00
c) 0.9999 (3 sf) : ___________

3750
d) 3748 (3 sf) : ___________

0.004710
e) 0.004 709 89(4 sf) : ___________

f) 4971 (2 sf) : ___________


5000

0.10
g) 0.099 99 (2 sf) : ___________

.100
h) 0.099 99 (3 sf) : ___________

2. State the number of significant figures in each of the following.


a) 39018 : ___________
5
b) 0.028030 : ___________
5
3
c) 2900 (to the nearest 10) : ___________
3. Round off each of the following to the number of significant figures as given in brackets.
730
a) 728 (2 sf) : ___________

b) 503.88 (4 sf) : ___________


503.9

0.003019
c) 0.0030185 (4sf) : ___________

d) 6396 (2sf and 3 sf) : ___________


6400 and 6400

10.0
e) 9.9999 (3sf) : ___________

8.08
f) 8.076 (3 sf) : ___________

HIS 4

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