Secondary 1 Mathematics

Topical Test 2 REVISION 1

Chapter 3: Approximation and Estimation

1. Express 578.093 8 correct to

(a) 4 significant figures,

(b) the nearest 100,

(c) 2 decimal places,

(d) the nearest thousandth.

2. Calculate 38.39 + 37.69 - 42.84, rounding off to

(a) 1 decimal place,

(b) 2 significant figures.

3. Round off (a) 0.056 75 to 3 decimal places,

(b) 4.952 to 2 significant figures,

(c) $34 597 124 to the nearest $100 000.

4. (a) Which of the following is nearest in value to 916 ?

(i) 10 (ii) 100 (iii) 30 (iv) 300

(b) Which of the following is nearest in value to 6.01 0.0312 ?

0.0622

(i) 0.03 (ii) 0.3 (iii) 3 (iv) 30

(c) Which of the following is nearest in value to 4 925.7  226.38?

(i) 10 000 000 (ii) 1 000 000 (iii) 100 000 (iv) 10 000
5. (a) Estimate 1 793  0.000 979 correct to 1 decimal place.

(b) Express 0.052 639 81 correct to 5 significant figures.

31.205  4.97
(c) Estimate correct to one significant figure.
1.925

6. Estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value of

83.5
(a) ,
0.0419

(b) 9 801 0.0 613 ,

18.01  36.01
(c) .
1.989

7. (a) Express (i) 271.569 correct to 2 significant figures,

(ii) 9.906 8 correct to the nearest whole number,

(iii) 3.019 8 correct to 1 decimal place.

271.569  (9.9068) 2
(b) Hence estimate correct to 1 significant figure.
(3.0198) 3

271.569  (9.9068) 2
(c) Use your calculator to find the value of , giving your answer correct
(3.0198) 3
to 2 significant figures.
8. Evaluate the following using a calculator and give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.
(1.92) 2
(a) 3
(4.3) 3 − 4.788

7.295 − 7.295 (6.98) 3 − 6.98

(b) +
(7.295) 2 3
6.98

9. (a) Write down the value of 27.049 correct to

(i) one significant figure,

(ii) one decimal place.

8512
.
(b) Estimate the value of , giving your answer correct to one significant figure.
169
.

10. A box contains five bags of sugar. Each bag of sugar has a mass of 540 g, correct to the
nearest gram. The box has a mass of 70g, correct to the nearest gram. Find the largest
possible value of

(a) the mass of 1 bag of sugar,

(b) the total mass of the 5 bags of sugar and the box.

49. 98  36.02
11. Find the approximate value of the expression, , giving your answer correct to
24. 97
the nearest 10.
12. (a) Express 5 972 cm in metres, giving your answer correct to the nearest metre.

(b) What is $645.90 correct to the nearest $10?

(c) Write down (i) 0.004 197 correct to 3 significant figures.

3
(ii) correct to the nearest whole number, the value of 998 .

13. Estimate
(a) correct to 2 significant figures, the value of 15.002  0.019 99 − 68.12.

79. 97  24. 999

(b) correct to 1 significant figure, the value of 3 .
2. 003

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