Mathematics Worksheet
Rounding Off & Speed Problems
Section A: Rounding Off and Approximation
1. Round 3478 to the nearest hundred.
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2. Round 8.746 to 2 decimal places.
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3. Approximate the sum of 48.3, 22.8 and 9.9 to the nearest whole number.
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4. Round 0.008745 to 3 significant figures.
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5. Estimate the product of 49 × 21 using rounding to the nearest ten.
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6. The length of a rope is measured as 15.76 m. Write its approximate length correctly to the
nearest tenth.
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7. Round 0.0005632 to 2 significant figures.
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8. A car travels 123.8 km in 1.9 hours. Estimate its speed (in km/h) using rounding to 2
significant figures.
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9. Round off 6.985 × 10³ to the nearest hundred.
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10. Estimate √45 to 1 decimal place without using a calculator.
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Section B: Speed, Distance and Time
1. A car travels 120 km in 2 hours. Find its speed.
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2. A train covers 240 km in 3 hours 20 minutes. Find its average speed in km/h.
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3. A cyclist travels at 15 km/h for 2 hours and then 10 km/h for 1 hour. Find the average
speed for the entire journey.
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4. Two towns, X and Y, are 90 km apart. A bus leaves X for Y at 60 km/h. After 30 minutes,
another bus leaves Y for X at 75 km/h. Find how long it takes before the buses meet.
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5. A car travels the first 50 km at 80 km/h and the next 70 km at 100 km/h. Find its average
speed for the whole journey.
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6. A man jogs 4 km at 6 km/h and walks another 2 km at 3 km/h. Find his average speed.
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7. A plane covers 360 km in 45 minutes. Find its speed in km/h.
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8. A car travels from A to B at 60 km/h and returns at 80 km/h. Find the average speed for
the round trip.
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9. A swimmer swims 200 m upstream at 2 m/s and returns downstream at 3 m/s. Find the
average speed.
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