Significant Figures

Significant Figures
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Numbers can be rounded to a given number of significant figures

275300
This is the first significant figure
This is the first significant figure

0.0003672
The first significant figure is
the first non-zero number
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Numbers can be rounded to a given number of significant figures

275300
This is the second significant figure
This is the second significant figure

0.0003672
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Round 275300 to 1 significant figure

This is the first significant figure

275,300
Round up or stay the same? Round up!

3 00,000
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What is the first significant figure?

0.00745
This is the first significant figure
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What is the third significant figure?

0.00745
This is the third significant figure
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What is the fourth significant figure?

302700
This is the fourth significant figure
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What is the third significant figure?

0.002074
This is the third significant figure
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What is the first significant figure?

307482
This is the first significant figure
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Round 275300 to 2 significant figures

This is the second significant figure

275,300
Round up or stay the same? Round up!

28 0,000
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Round 0.00325 to 1 significant figure

This is the first significant figure

0.00325
Round up or stay the same?

Stay the same

0.003
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Round 36.7 to 1 significant figure

This is the first significant figure

36.7 Round
Round up or stay the same?
up!

40.0
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Round 36.7 to 2 significant figures

This is the second significant figure

36.7 Round
Round up or stay the same?
up!

37.0
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Number To 3 s.f. To 2 s.f. To 1 s.f.

 
4213      
 
23.65      
 
0.0465      
 
0.9649      
 
0.07008      
 
0.4109      
 
0.005007      
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Number To 3 s.f. To 2 s.f. To 1 s.f.

4213 4210 4200 4000
6435 6440 6400 6000
23.65 23.7 24 20
43.89 43.9 44 40
0.0465 0.0465 0.047 0.05
0.009231 0.00923 0.0092 0.009
0.9649 0.965 0.96 1
0.4054 0.405 0.41 0.4
0.07008 0.701 0.70 0.07
0.4109 0.411 0.41 0.4
0.005007 0.00501 0.0050 0.005
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 Homework:

Number To 3 s.f. To 2 s.f. To 1 s.f.

 
6435      
 
43.89      
 
0.009231      
 
0.4054      
Estimations
 Estimating using Significant Figures
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We can use significant figures to quickly estimate answers

Round to 1 sf
Round to 1 sf

45 × 34
50 × 30
≈1500
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Round to 1 sf

 
𝟑𝟔 × 𝟐𝟐 Round to 1 sf

Round to 1 sf 𝟐 . 𝟑𝟕

4 0 × 2 0 ≈ 𝟖𝟎𝟎
 

≈ 𝟒𝟎𝟎
 

2 𝟐
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Screws cost €2.90 per packet. How much would 21 packets cost?

Round to 1 sf

Round to 1 sf

€3.00 × 20 ≈€60
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Practise Book p.74 no.2:

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Estimate the following:

Question Calculation
23% of 486   20% of 500 0.2 500 100
€0.52 67   €0.50 70 €35
11.242 7.65
  10 8 80
67% of 323.42
67% of 323.42
217.12 0.1086
  70% of 300 0.7 300 210
  200 0.1 2000 1 2000
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Homework:

p.173 no.3