Significant Figures Practice
9th - 12th Grade
•50 Qs
Similar activities
FQ9 tabela periódica
9th Grade
•47 Qs
Quiz Konsentrasi Larutan kelas XII
12th Grade
•50 Qs
trial spm kimia terengganu 2020
10th - 11th Grade
•50 Qs
KIỂM TRA CHƯƠNG 1,2 - HÓA 12
12th Grade
•52 Qs
ôn tập chương nguyên tử
10th - 12th Grade
•53 Qs
ôn tập cuối kì 2 hóa 12 21-22
12th Grade
•50 Qs
Bioquímica Médica Primer Parcial
12th Grade - University
•54 Qs
BT NITƠ
11th Grade
•45 Qs
Significant Figures Practice
Quiz
•
Chemistry
•
9th - 12th Grade
•
Practice Problem
•
Medium
+1
Standards-aligned
Used 8K+ times
FREE Resource
About this resource
This quiz comprehensively covers significant figures, a fundamental concept in high school chemistry typically taught at the 9th through 12th grade levels. Students must master several interconnected skills to succeed with these problems: identifying significant figures in various numerical formats including decimal numbers, scientific notation, and measurements with units; applying rounding rules to express numbers with a specified number of significant figures; and performing mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) while maintaining proper significant figure protocols. The core reasoning requires understanding that significant figures represent the precision of measurements, recognizing that leading zeros are never significant while trailing zeros are significant only when following a decimal point, and applying the rule that mathematical results cannot be more precise than the least precise measurement used in the calculation. Additionally, students must distinguish between accuracy (how close a measurement is to the true value) and precision (how reproducible measurements are), concepts that underpin all quantitative work in chemistry. Created by a chemistry teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This comprehensive practice quiz serves multiple instructional purposes throughout the significant figures unit, functioning effectively as a diagnostic pre-assessment to identify student misconceptions, a guided practice activity during initial instruction, or a review tool before summative assessments. Teachers can assign portions of the quiz as targeted homework focusing on specific skills like identifying significant figures versus performing calculations, or use the entire set as a comprehensive formative assessment to gauge student readiness for laboratory work where proper data handling is essential. The quiz aligns with NGSS standards HS-ETS1-4 for using mathematical representations in scientific investigations and supports Common Core mathematical practices MP6 (attending to precision) and MP8 (looking for patterns in mathematical reasoning), making it valuable for reinforcing the critical connection between mathematical precision and scientific accuracy that students will apply throughout their chemistry studies.
See more
Enhance your content in a minute
50 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many significant figures does the following number have: 0.002040
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many significant figures does the following number have: 0.998005
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many significant figures does the following number have: 100.00210
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Round 0.010229 to four sig figs
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Round 1047.78 to three sig figs
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Round 1009 to three sig figs
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the measurement 1042 Liters rounded to 2 significant figures?
Access all questions and much more by creating a free account
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
Continue with Google
Continue with Email
Continue with Classlink
Continue with Clever
or continue with
Microsoft
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?
Similar Resources on Wayground
50 questions
Physical Science EOC Review
Quiz
•
8th - 12th Grade
52 questions
Laboratory Equipment
Quiz
•
10th - 12th Grade
50 questions
Electron Configurations
Quiz
•
10th - 12th Grade
50 questions
Chemistry Regent Exam-June 2011
Quiz
•
KG - University
45 questions
SOAL KESETIMBANGAN
Quiz
•
11th Grade
53 questions
Fkdcmclmxlvclxcdhsdm
Quiz
•
10th Grade
49 questions
Esther-General Chemistry 1 Exam
Quiz
•
11th Grade
55 questions
Ionic Compound
Quiz
•
9th Grade
Popular Resources on Wayground
15 questions
Fractions on a Number Line
Quiz
•
3rd Grade
20 questions
Equivalent Fractions
Quiz
•
3rd Grade
25 questions
Multiplication Facts
Quiz
•
5th Grade
54 questions
Analyzing Line Graphs & Tables
Quiz
•
4th Grade
22 questions
fractions
Quiz
•
3rd Grade
20 questions
Main Idea and Details
Quiz
•
5th Grade
20 questions
Context Clues
Quiz
•
6th Grade
15 questions
Equivalent Fractions
Quiz
•
4th Grade
Discover more resources for Chemistry
20 questions
Types of Chemical Reactions
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
10 questions
Formative 3BC: Ionic v Covalent Bonds
Quiz
•
9th Grade
10 questions
Exploring Stoichiometry Concepts
Interactive video
•
6th - 10th Grade
20 questions
Mixed Bonding Naming
Quiz
•
9th Grade
20 questions
Naming & Writing Chemical Formulas
Quiz
•
10th Grade
20 questions
Chemical Reactions
Quiz
•
9th Grade
20 questions
Practice: E-Con, Orbital Notation, Noble Gas Notation
Quiz
•
10th Grade
20 questions
Covalent Bonding
Quiz
•
10th Grade