Significant Figures Practice

Part I:

Tell how many significant figures each number has.

__2__ 1. 19 __5__ 5. 606060 __3__ 9. 5.20 x 106

__2__ 2. 910 __4__ 6. 0.00003210 __3__ 10. 80,600

__5__ 3. 5000.0 __7__ 7. 68400.20

__3__ 4. 0.00720 __4__8. 6,204,000

Part II:

Round the following numbers to 3 significant figures.

11. 543.21 ____543____ 16. 4455667788 ____4.45 x 109____

12. 234.567 ____235____ 17. 3.15501 ____3.16____

13. 0.00072561 ____0.000726____ 18. 269825 ____2.69 x 103____

14. 54.045 ____54.1____ 19. 45899501 ____4.58 x 107____

15. 0.00555555 ____0.00556____ 20. 2000.15 ____2.00 x 103____

Part III:

Solve the following and round answers to the correct number of significant figures.

21. 0.3 x 0.009555 ____3 x 103____ 24. 480 / 1902.05 ____0.25____

22. 0.047 x 256820 ____1.2 x 104____ 25. 25.4 / 2.2 ____12____

23. 24.000 x 0.00001059 26. 93.22 + 18 ____1.1 x 102____

____0.0002542____
27. 72.81 70.4 ____2.41____
28. 107000 190.079 ____1.06 x 29. 7.0 + 3 ____1 x 101____
105____
30. 4608.005 - 1230 ___3.37 x 103____