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Teacher: WL Cheng
Class : 4A
Lesson No.:1
Date :7/1/09
Time :9.55-11.05
Example
i)3.60
ii) 26.00
(d) All zeros before any non-zero digit in a
decimal are not significant.
Example
i) 0.9
ii) 0.08060
ii)
92.29
ii) 9006
Exercise
1 Round off the following, correct to 3
significant figures.
(a) 6.229
(g) 0.006497
(b) 99.45
(h) 0.02096
(b) 5.00
(d) 8996
(c) 0.02080
(d) 0.678
(e) 0.8429
(e) 30.090
(f) 0.06025
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(f) 8000
d)
15.624
0.4
e)
850
25 x32
Numbers
1.s.f
Round off to
2.s.f
3.s.f
a) 69 304
b) 8978
c) 675.4
d) 10.95
e) 0.8791
f) 0.001618
f)
0.00168
a) 9.658x3.2 6.248
2 (a) 6 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 3
(e) 5 (f) 1
A 8600
B 8601
3 (a) 70000,69000,69300
(b) 9000,9000,8980
(c) 700,680,675
(d) 10, 11, 11.0
(e) 0.9,0.88,0.879
(f) 0.002, 0.0016, 0.00162
4 (a) 37
(c) 400
(e) 1.1
5 109cm2
6 3100 g
C 0.0910
D 0.0911
C 86000
D 86010
(b) 36
(d) 39
(f) 0.041
A 40.7
C 40.800
B 40.8
D 41.0
SPM Practice
1. Round off 0.0866 correct to two
significant figures.
A 0.08
B 0.09
C 0.086
D 0.087
A 66
B 67
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C 66.9
D 67.0
C 75800
D 75900
A 0.04
B 0.05
C 0.047
D 0.048
C 0.0620
D 0.0621
(b) 91584
(c) 680000
C 0.03
D 0.045
C 4.860
D 76.50
(b) 0.0463
(c) 0.0005452
Exercise
1. Write the following numbers in standard
form.
(a) 4833
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(b)
5.6 x 4000
, expressing your answer
8 x106
In standard form.
3. Calculate
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7.2 x105
6 x102
(b) in m2.
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7.2 x10
Evaluate
6 2
. giving your
3 x1010
answer in standard form.
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