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Working With Decimals

This document provides examples of rounding numbers to varying degrees of accuracy and calculating upper and lower bounds. It also contains practice problems for using a calculator to estimate answers and calculate them precisely.

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Working With Decimals

This document provides examples of rounding numbers to varying degrees of accuracy and calculating upper and lower bounds. It also contains practice problems for using a calculator to estimate answers and calculate them precisely.

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11 Degrees of accuracy

1. Round off each of the following numbers to 1 significant figure.


a 46 313 b 0.5388 c 9.9 d 999.99
2. Round off each of the following numbers to 2 significant figures.
a 56 147 b 1.689 c 0.8006 d 0.009 82
3. Round off each of the following to the number of significant figures (sf) indicated.
a 57 402 (1 sf) b 1.087 (2 sf) c 0.185 (1 sf)
4. Round each of the following numbers to one decimal place.

a 4.83 b 11.08 c 213.86 d 50.999

5. Round each of the following numbers to two decimal places.

a 5.783 b 2.3076 c 7.8091 d 0.0099


6. Round each of the following to the number of decimal places (dp) indicated.

a 4.568 (1 dp) b 11.9854 (2 dp) c 899.995 85 (3 dp)

d 0.0699 (1 dp)
7. By rounding off, find an approximate answer to these.
462 × 79 252 + 551 297 + 712
a b c
0.42 0.78 0.578 – 0.321

38.3 + 27.5 4.93 × 3.81


d e
0.776 0.38 × 0.51
12 Upper and lower bounds
1. Write down the lower and upper bounds of each of these values, rounded to the accuracy stated.

a 8 m (1 significant figure) b 85 g (2 significant figures) c 0.06 s (2 decimal places)

d 366 d (3 significant figures)


2. Billy has 40 identical marbles. Each marble weighs 65 g (to the nearest gram).

a What is the greatest possible weight of one marble?

b What is the least possible weight of one marble?

c What is the greatest possible weight of all the marbles?

d What is the least possible weight of all the marbles?


3. A cinema screen is measured as 6 m by 15 m, to the nearest metre. Calculate the limits of accuracy
for the area of the screen.
4. The measurements, to the nearest centimetre, of a box are given as 10 cm × 7 cm × 4 cm. Calculate
the limits of accuracy for the volume of the box.
5. The area of a field is given as 350 m2, to the nearest 10 m2. One length is given as 16 m, to the
nearest metre. Find the limits of accuracy for the other length of the field.
6. A stopwatch records the time for the winner of a 100-metre race as 14.7 seconds, measured to the
nearest one-tenth of a second.

a What are the greatest and least possible times for the winner?

b The length of the 100-metre track is correct to the nearest 1 m. What are the greatest and least
possible lengths of the track?

c What is the fastest possible average speed of the winner, with a time of 14.7 seconds in the
100-metre race?
7. A cube has a volume of 40 cm3, to the nearest cm3. Find the range of possible values of the side
length of the cube.
8. A model car travels 40 m, measured to one significant figure, at a speed of 2 m/s, measured to one
significant figure. Between what limits does the time taken lie?

11
14 Using a calculator
1. Find approximate answers to the following.

a 5435 × 7.31 b 5280 × 3.211 c 63.24 × 3.514 × 4.2

d 354 ÷ 79.8 e 5974 ÷ 5.29 f 208 ÷ 0.378


2. Work out the answers to question 1 using a calculator. Round off your answers to 3 significant figures
and compare them with the estimates you made.
3. By rounding off, find an approximate answer to these.

573 × 783 783 – 572 352 + 657


a b c
107 24 999

78.3 – 22.6 3.82 × 7.95 11.78 × 61.8


d e f
2.69 9.9 39.4

4. Work out the answers to question 3 using a calculator. Round off your answers to 3 significant figures
and compare them with the estimates you made.
5. Use your calculator to work out the following. In each case:

i write down the full calculator display of the answer

ii round your answer to three significant figures.


12.3 + 64.9 13.8 × 23.9 48.2 + 58.9
a b c
6.9 – 4.1 3.2 × 6.1 3.62 × 0.042

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