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Estimation and Approximation

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following numbers does NOT round to 400 when rounding to the nearest 100?

a)

467

b)

371

c)

448

d)

385

2.
Round 0.0188508 to 4 decimal places
a)
0.0189
b)
0.0188
c)
0.0198
d)
0.0199
3.

48 003 when rounded off to the nearest hundreds will become

a)

48 030

b)

48 300

c)

48 000

d)

48 100

4.

Round off 45 909 to the nearest thousand.

a)

45 000

b)

46 000

c)

46 900

d)

47 000

5.

Round off 963 112 to the nearest ten thousand.

a)

960 112

b)

960 012

c)

960 002

d)

960 000

6.
Which of the following is NOT a perfect square?
a)
9
b)
16
c)
36
d)
45
7.

How many significant figures are in 107,003 m?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

d)

5

8.

What is 98.907 rounded to 1 significant figure?

a)

98.9

b)

90

c)

100

d)

1

9.

What is 0.658 rounded to 1 significant figure?

a)

0

b)

0.66

c)

0.7

d)

0.6

10.

What is 78.5 rounded to one significant figure?

a)

79

b)

8

c)

78

d)

80

11.
Round 1009 to three sig figs
a)
100
b)
101
c)
1010
d)
1000
12.
Round 1047.78 to three sig figs
a)
104
b)
105
c)
1050
d)
1050.00
13.

Sum up the following numbers 0.032, 4.154, 6.0 and 0.3065 to two decimal places (Neco 2013)

a)

10.00

b)

10.40

c)

10.49

d)

10.50

14.

Express the difference between 1 7251\ \frac{7}{25} and 17300\frac{17}{300} to 3 significant figures.

a)

1.22

b)

1.23

c)

0.12

d)

0.13

15.

Express 0.00629946 to 3 significant figures

a)

0.000

b)

0.006210

c)

0.00629

d)

0.00630

16.

Find the value of "?" using approximation :

-(4.99)3 + (29.98)2 - (3.01)4 = ?

a)

550

b)

590

c)

620

d)

650

e)

690

17.

Find the value of "?" using approximation :

14.03 * 27.489 - 8.749 * 16.04 = ?

a)

210

b)

250

c)

295

d)

325

e)

350

18.

What is the result of rounding 4.567 to the nearest whole number?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

4.5

d)

5.5

19.

What is the result of rounding 7.893 to the nearest hundredth?

a)

7.8

b)

7.85

c)

7.89

d)

7.80

20.

What is the result of rounding 3.567 to the nearest tenth?

a)

4.0

b)

3.6

c)

3.7

d)

3.5

21.

Which of the following numbers has the most significant figures: 0.0056, 0.056, 0.00056, 0.000056?

a)

0.0056

b)

0.056

c)

0.000056

d)

0.00056