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HOMEWORK SHEET - 3
Estimations and SF

Damsavi Jayashantha

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SHORT NOTE
SF - Significant Figures
DP - Decimal Point

1st SF 2nd SF 3rd SF 4th SF 1 st SF

5.743 0.004
1st DP 2nd DP 3rd DP 1 st DP 2nd DP 3rd DP

1st SF 2nd SF 3rd SF 4th SF 5th SF

40000.0
1st DP

ESTIMATIONS
* Perfect root A root that can be solved to a whole number.
Eg: √64 = ±8
(So √64 is a perfect root.)
√2 Not a perfect root (√2 = 1.41 which is a decimal number). So we ESTIMATE
solutions.
(Refer note for examples)

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A) Correct to the number of decimal places in brackets.
1) 7.16 (1) 2) 4.438 (2) 3) 5.732 (2)

4) 5.4 (2) 5) 3.6 (0) 6) 6.88 (1)

7) 8.66 (1) 8) 0.0076 (3) 9) 4.100(2)

10) 30 (1) 11) 26.47 (1) 12) 170.76(1)

13) 9.0 (2) 14) 8.346 (1) 15) 2.5715 (2)

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16) 3.3293 (3) 17) 1.30009 (3) 18) 2.8 (1)

B) Correct to the number of significant figures, in brackets.

19) 703 (1) 20) 162.5 (2) 21) 306 (1)

22) 3.57 (4) 23) 7.005 (3) 24) 0.045 (1)

25) 0.005413 (3) 26) 82.030 (4) 27) 60.001 (2)

28) 5200 (1) 29) 30.01 (1) 30) 20.0202 (1)

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31) 50.0 (2) 32) 1 (3) 33) 0.5 (2)

34) 300102.14 (4) 35) 66 (3) 36) 710 (1)

C) Estimate the answer for the following roots. Write your answer as y < √x Z

37) √110 38) √12 39) √50

40) √48 41) √190 42) √48

43) √3 44) √20 45) √102

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D) Estimate the answer to the following roots and provide only one most suitable answer.

46) √48 47) √5 48) √290

49) √65 50) √8 51) √170

52) √112 53) √10 54) √55

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