O LEVEL (P1)

SIGNIFICIANT
FIGURES
QUESTION'S
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1 Complete the statements in the answer spaces.

Answer (a) 4872 correct to 1 significant figure is ......................... [1]

(b) 4872 correct to ................. significant figures is 4870. [1]

2 By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of

8.62 × 2.042 .
_____________
0.285

Answer ..................................................[2]

3 A basketball stadium has 13 492 seats.

During a season a basketball team played 26 matches and every seat was sold for each match.
At each match a seat costs $18.80.

By writing each value correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the total amount of money
paid to watch these matches during the season.

Answer $ ...............................................[2]

4 By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of

48.9 × 0.2072 .
3.94

Answer .......................................... [2]

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5 By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of

0.387 × 7.032 .
3
8.11

Answer ............................................ [2]

6 (a) Express, correct to two significant figures,

(i) 15 823.769,

Answer (a)(i) .................................. [1]

(ii) 0.003 048 9.

Answer (a)(ii) ................................. [1]

(b) Use your answers to part (a) to estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value of

15 823.769 × 0.003 048 9.

Answer (b) ...................................... [2]

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7 (a) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
7.84 × 326 .
0.18

Answer ........................................ [2]

(b) An athlete ran a race in 9.58 seconds, correct to the nearest hundredth of a second.

What is the shortest possible time that the athlete could have run the race?

Answer ..........................seconds [1]

8 (a) Express 0.047 852 correct to two decimal places.

Answer ........................................ [1]

(b) Estimate the value of 200 , giving your answer correct to two significant figures.

Answer ........................................ [1]

(c) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
212 × 1.972 .
0.763

Answer ........................................ [2]

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304.3 × √⎯1⎯5.⎯ ⎯9⎯8

9 By making suitable approximations, estimate the value of .
0.1975

Answer ....................................... [2]

10 By writing each number correct to two significant figures, estimate, correct to one significant figure,
the value of

110.94 – 0.2034 × 368.62 .

Answer ........................................ [2]

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11 (a) Evaluate 6 × 3 + 8 ÷ 2 .

Answer ..................................... [1]

(b) By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of
19.2 × 9.09 .
0.583

Answer ..................................... [2]

12 (a) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of 72 .187 .
π
Show clearly the approximate values you use.

Answer ..................................... [1]

(b) The values of three cube roots, correct to 1 decimal place, are given below.
35 3 50 3 500
= 1.7 = 3.7 = 7.9
3
Using as much of the above information as is necessary, find the value of 0.005 .

Answer ..................................... [1]

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13 (a) Write the number 0.040 589 correct to 3 significant figures.

Answer ..................................... [1]

(b) Giving your answer in standard form, evaluate 6 × 10–4 + 8 × 10–5.

Answer ..................................... [1]

(c) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of 97 – 35 .

Show clearly the approximate values you use.

Answer ..................................... [1]

14 (a) Write 0�004 075 1 correct to two significant figures�

Answer �������������������������������������������� [1]

(b) 131 lies between two consecutive integers�

Complete the inequality below with these integers�

Answer ������������ 1 131 1 ������������� [1]

(c) Add brackets to the statement below to make it correct�

3 × 2 + 1 2 = 49 [1]
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38.982 # 8.8536
15 By making suitable approximations, estimate the value of .
6.0122
Show clearly the approximate values you use.

Answer ................................................ [2]

3
35.78 # 1005
16 By making suitable approximations, estimate the value of .
0.3012
Show clearly the approximate values you use.

Answer ............................................... [2]

17 (a) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
28.6 + 47.7
.
0.47 # 21.4

Answer .......................................................... [2]

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(b) Write as a decimal.
25

Answer .......................................................... [1]

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18 (a) Write 405 917 628 correct to three significant figures.

Answer .............................................................. [1]

(b) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
41.3
.
9.79 # 0.765

Answer .............................................................. [2]

19 (a) Write the number forty one thousand and six in figures.

Answer ......................................... [1]

(b) Write 237 400 correct to two significant figures.

Answer ......................................... [1]

20 (a) Write the value of 1234.567, correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer ............................................. [1]

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(b) Write down an estimate for the value of .
r

Answer ............................................. [1]

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(a) Correct to 6 decimal places, 10 = 3.162 278, 3

1
21 = 3.166 667.
6
Find the difference between 3
1
and 10.
6
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer .............................................. [1]

(b) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of 2.986 2 + 4.002 2 .

Answer .............................................. [1]

22 Bywritingeachnumbercorrecttoonesignificantfigure,estimatethevalueof
29.3 2 .
2.04 # 0.874

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23 (a) Write 30 682 correct to three significant figures.

Answer ........................................ [1]

(b) Given that 538 × 210 = 112 980, evaluate 112.98 ÷ 210.

Answer ........................................ [1]

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24 (a) Write the number 0.050 462 correct to 3 significant figures.

Answer ................................................. [1]

(b) By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of
8.94 # 0.201
.
28.8

Answer ................................................. [1]

25 By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of

29.2 # 8.17 .
0.396

Answer ............................................. [2]

26 (a) Write the number 357.864 correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer .......................................... [1]

3
67
(b) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of .
1.03

Answer .......................................... [1]

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3.98 # 602.3
27 By making suitable approximations, estimate the value of .
2.987
Show clearly the approximations you use.

Answer .......................................... [2]

28 (a) Write 248.367

(i) correct to 2 decimal places,

Answer ........................................... [1]

(ii) correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer ........................................... [1]

3 3
(b) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of 8.36 + 63.58 .

Answer ........................................... [1]

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29 By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
58.7 # 4.08
.
19.7 3

Answer ........................................... [2]