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S2 Ch.1 Errors in Measurement Grade: _____________

Ex. 0 Revision
Section A
1. (a) (i) Round up 843 to the nearest ten. ___________________________
(ii) Round down 843 to the nearest ten. ___________________________
(b) (i) Round up 1920 to the nearest hundred. ___________________________
(ii) Round down 1920 to the nearest hundred. ___________________________
(c) (i) Round up 6.335 to 1 decimal place. ___________________________
(ii) Round down 6.335 to 1 decimal place. ___________________________
(d) (i) Round up 0.7052 to 2 decimal places. ___________________________
(ii) Round down 0.7052 to 2 decimal places. ___________________________

2. Round off the following numbers to the required numbers of significant figures.
2 significant figures 3 significant figures
(a) 32054
(b) 60.95
(c) 0.09026
3. (a) Round up 51.391 to 1 significant figure. ___________________________
(b) Round down 51.301 to 3 significant figures. ___________________________

4. Estimate the value of 106.9 + 13.86 + 40.26 +705.47 by

(a) rounding up each number to the nearest integer,
106.9 + 13.86 + 40.26 +705.47 =
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(b) rounding down each number to the nearest integer,
106.9 + 13.86 + 40.26 +705.47 =
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(c) rounding off each number to 2 significant figures.
106.9 + 13.86 + 40.26 +705.47 =
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(d) rounding up the result to 1 significant figures.
106.9 + 13.86 + 40.26 +705.47 =
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(e) rounding off the result to 3 significant figures.
106.9 + 13.86 + 40.26 +705.47 =
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Section B Multiple Choice Questions

1. Round down 238.61 to the nearest integer. figure(s) to given an approximate value as 450
A. 238.00 000. Which of the following is NOT a possible
B. 238.0 value of n?
C. 238 A. 1
D. 239 B. 2
C. 3
2. 0.365 29 = D. 4
A. 0.3 (cor. to 1 d.p.)
B. 0.36 (cor. to 2 d.p.) 8. If 0.7534 < 𝑥 < 0.7536, which of the
C. 0.37 (cor. to 3 d.p.) following is true?
D. 0.365 (cor. to 3 d.p.) A. 𝑥 = 0.7 (cor. to 1 d.p.)
B. 𝑥 = 0.7 (cor. to 1 sig. fig.)
3. How many significant figures does 0.040 970 C. 𝑥 = 0.75 (cor. to 2 d.p.)
have? D. 𝑥 = 0.753 (cor. to 3 sig. fig.)
A. 4
B. 5 9. Estimate the value of 240.1 + 55.2 × 18.7 by
C. 6 rounding up each number to the nearest ten.
D. 7 A. 1270
B. 1280
4. Round off 153.995 to 5 significant figures. C. 1440
A. 200.00 D. 1450
B. 153.99
C. 154.00 10. Estimate the value of 3412 − 378 − 2823 +
D. 154 2451 by rounding down each number to 2
significant figures.
5. 0.04976 = A. 2630
𝐴. 0.05 (cor. to 1 sig. fig.) B. 2700
B. 0.050 (cor. to 2 d.p.) C. 2720
C. 0.049 (cor. to 3 sig. fig.) D. 2750
D. 0.0497 (cor. to 4 d.p.)
11. 3532 children, 3849 adults and 2381 elderly
58 people visited a museum last week. Estimate the
6. 117 total number of visitors to the museum by
A. 0.49 (cor. to 2 sig. fig.) rounding off each number to the nearest
B. 0.5 (cor. to 2 sig. fig.) hundred.
C. 0.50 (cor. to 2 sig. fig.) A. 9600
D. 0.496 (cor. to 2 sig. fig.) B. 9700
C. 9800
7. A number is rounded off to n significant D. 9900