Extra Questions- Rounding, Multiplying and Dividing

1. Round off each of the following to the nearest integer

a) 50.7 b) 398.4

2. Round off each of the following to two decimal places

a) 22.0526 b) 0.197414

3. Round off each of the following to the nearest 0.001

a) 15.2784 b) 3.001009

4. Round off each of the following to 1 significant figure

a) 2.807 b) 0.3099

5. Round off each of the following to 2 significant figures

a) 19.506 b) 0.08075

6. Round off each of the following to 3 significant figures

a) 254.810 b) 0.580339

204.16
7. Calculate 2 , giving your answer correct to 1 significant figure.
13.8−1.07

8. The population of Finland was 5 503000 in 2017.

a) This value has been rounded to the nearest 1000
i) What is the largest possible value of the population of Finland in 2017?
ii) What is the smallest possible value of the population of Finland in 2017?
b) This value has been rounded to 5 significant figures.
Suggest two possible values of the population of Finland in 2017.

9. The dimensions of a tennis court for singles matches are 23.77 m by 8.23 m. Find the area
of the court, giving your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

10. As it in February 2007, there are 315 million Internet users in Europe. This figure is
295
approximately of all internet users in the world.
1000
a) Round off the number of internet users in Europe to the nearest 100 million.
b) Express as a decimal correct to 1 significant figure, the proportion of internet users in
the world who are in Europe
c) Hence estimate the total number of internet users in the world.

11. A soccer club is willing to sell a particular player to a rival club for $35 million. This
amount is equivalent to the rival club selling a total of 686274tickets in all of 40 matches
it will be playing in the next soccer season.
a) Round off 686274 to 1 significant figure
b) Hence estimate
i) the price of a match ticket,
 ii) the number of tickets the rival club must sell per match on average.
12. Evaluate the following and express the answer in the standard form:
a) 2.73 × 103 + 4.63 × 104
b) (5.8 × 105 ) ׿ 6.7× 10-2)

13. Given that p = 2 × 10-3 and y = 7 × 10-4, Express x + 8y in the standard form.

14. Express 0.0045 in standard form.

15. The sides of a rectangle are of lengths 5.6 × 10-2 m × 2.7 × 10-2 m. Calculate
a) its perimeter
b) its area, expressing the answer in the standard form.