ASSIGNMENT 13th October,
2025
Names: 1.
2.
1. Determine the number of significant digits from the following given
numbers.
84, 0.084, 5.8480, 2005, 8400, 1.0203
Sol;
2. Evaluate the following 4.76 + 5.62 + 33.21 and find the number of
significant digits/figures of your answer.
Sol
3. Estimate the number of significant digits from the following
computations. 5.2 ×103 ×6.732 ×103
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4. Write 45.378212 correct to 3 significant digits/figures Sol
5. Write 12.378162 correct to 4 significant digits Sol
6. Round the following numbers
a) 257 to 1 s.f Sol
b) 257 to the nearest tens Sol
c) 3266.528 to the nearest hundredths Sol
d) 135.075 to the nearest hundreds Sol
e) 838.274 to the nearest tenths Sol
f) 418.774 to the nearest ones Sol
g) 0.79 to the nearest tenths Sol
h) 21.234506 to 5 d.p Sol
7. Calculate the area of a square in square meters whose side is 14
cm.
Round your answer to 1s.f
Sol: