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Mastering Significant Figures in Calculations

Mastering Significant Figures in Calculations

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Science

6th - 10th Grade

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Lucas Foster

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a source of exact numbers?

Integral numbers in equations

Measured quantities

Defined quantities

Counting discrete objects

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many significant figures does the number 3.505 have?

Five

Two

Three

Four

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When multiplying 3.505, 120.000, and 0.0056, how many significant figures should the final answer have?

Six

Two

Three

Four

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In addition or subtraction, what determines the number of significant figures in the result?

The total number of digits

The number with the most significant figures

The number of decimal places

The number with the fewest significant figures

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you add 3.5700 and 10.070, to which decimal place should the result be rounded?

Hundredths

Thousandths

Ten thousandths

Ones

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the least significant number in the addition of 3.5700, 10.070, and 958?

958

All are equally significant

3.5700

10.070

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In mixed calculations, which operation should be completed first?

Addition

Subtraction

Division

Multiplication

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