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Rounding To Decimal Places: 10 Multiple Choice Questions

Here are the key steps to round to significant figures: 1. Identify the first non-zero digit. This determines the place value of the first significant figure. 2. Round up if the following digits are >= 5. Round down if the following digits are < 5. 3. Any trailing zeros are not significant figures. For example, to round 36345.3 to 3 significant figures: 1) The first non-zero digit is 3. This is in the thousands place. 2) The digit in the hundreds place is 4, which is < 5, so we round down. 3) The answer is 36300. Let me know if any of these steps

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Rounding To Decimal Places: 10 Multiple Choice Questions

Here are the key steps to round to significant figures: 1. Identify the first non-zero digit. This determines the place value of the first significant figure. 2. Round up if the following digits are >= 5. Round down if the following digits are < 5. 3. Any trailing zeros are not significant figures. For example, to round 36345.3 to 3 significant figures: 1) The first non-zero digit is 3. This is in the thousands place. 2) The digit in the hundreds place is 4, which is < 5, so we round down. 3) The answer is 36300. Let me know if any of these steps

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Rounding to Decimal Places

10 multiple choice
questions
Round to 1 dp
0.34
A) 0.4 B) 0.3

C) 0.35 D) 3
Round to 1 dp
0.48
A) 0.49 B) 0.4

C) 0.47 D) 0.5
Round to 1 dp
2.75
A) 2.8 B) 2.74

C) 2.7 D) 3.0
Round to 1 dp
13.374
A) 13.0 B) 14.0

C) 13.3 D) 13.4
Round to 1 dp
26.519
A) 25.0 B) 26.6

C) 26.0 D) 26.5
Round to 2 dp
23.1782
A) 23.20 B) 23.18

C) 23.10 D) 23.17
Round to 2 dp
500.8251
A) 500.80 B) 500.8

C) 500.83 D) 500.84
Round to 3 dp
0.00417
A) 0.00417 B) 0.004

C) 0.00418 D) 0.005
Round to 2 dp
4.999
A) 4.99 B) 4.90

C) 5.00 D) 4.98
Round to 4 dp
0.72995
A) 0.7300 B) 0.7390

C) 0.7210 D) 0.7399
Decimal Places
• When we round to decimals, we start counting
as soon as we reach the decimal point.

Round 17.46789 to 2 decimal places

1 decimal place 2 decimal places, this will stay


a 6 or go to a 7 depending
on what the next number is
Significant Figures
• When we round to significant figures, we start
counting as soon as we reach a number that is
not zero
Round 17.46789 to 2 significant figures

1 significant figure 2 significant figures, this


will stay a 7 or go to All the numbers after
a 8 depending on will become zero
what the next
number is

Round 17.46789 to 2 decimal places= 17.00000 or


just 17
Round to 1 sf

0
43 7 8
0 5
0 3
0 7
0
Look at the next number
It’s more than 4 so we round up!
Round to 3 sf

37 8 4
0 3
0 7
0
Look at the next number
It’s less than 5 so we round down!
Round to 2 sf

0 . 0 0 2 98 9
Look at the next number
It’s more than 4 so we round up!
Round to 3 sf

0 . 0 0 2 0 98 7
Look at the next number
It’s more than 4 so we round up!
Rounding to Significant Figures

Main
1. When you are rounding to decimal
places you start counting after the
decimal point, but with significant
figures you start counting at the
first non zero number
2.
i. 1000 1500 1460
ii. 200 160 157
iii. 40 37 37.1
iv. 6 6.1 6.09
v. 0.006 0.0064 0.00640
3.
a) 4.7
b) 0.058
c) 0.19
d) 540
Rounding to Significant
Figures (sig fig or s.f)
10 multiple choice
questions
Round-

0.23 to 1 s.f

A) 0.3 B) 2

C) 0.2 D) 3
Round-

0.045 to 1 s.f

A) 0.04 B) 0.1

C) 0.0 D) 0.05
Round-

623 to 1 s.f

A) 600 B) 620

C) 630 D) 700
Round-

5328 to 1 s.f

A) 5300 B) 5000

C) 5330 D) 6000
Round-

0.005136 to 2 s.f

A) 0.01 B) 0.0050

C) 0.00514 D) 0.0051
Round-

426.213 to 2 s.f

A) 426.21 B) 430

C) 400.00 D) 420
Round-

3002.01 to 3 s.f

A) 300 B) 3000

C) 3010 D) 3002.0
Round-

983.4 to 1 s.f

A) 100 B) 900

C) 980 D) 1000
Round-

0.00456 to 2 s.f

A) 0.0045 B) 0.004

C) 0.0046 D) 0.00
Round-

36345.3 to 3 s.f

A) 36300 B) 4000

C) 36000 D) 45300

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