Rounding and Significant Figures - Class VII
Practice problems on rounding decimals to various precision levels and understanding significant figures in numerical calculations
Questions
Write the number of significant digits in:
- $4$
- $2$
- $1$
- $0$
Write the number of significant digits in:
- $3$
- $1$
- $2$
- $9$
Write the number of significant digits in:
- $2$
- $5$
- $16$
- $1$
Write the number of significant digits in $23.4$
- $2$
- $23.4$
- $3$
- $1$
Divide $7$ by $11$ and express the result in two significant digits.
- $0.64$
- $0.583$
- $0.54$
- $0.67$
Write the number of significant digits in:
- $7$
- $1$
- $3$
- $2$
Write the number of significant digits in:
- $2$
- $5$
- $1$
- $4$
Write the number of significant digits in:
- $3$
- $2$
- $5$
- $6$
$0.\overline{5}$ in the form of $\frac{p}{q}$ is :
- $\dfrac{9}{5}$
- $\dfrac{5}{10}$
- $\dfrac{5}{9}$
- $\dfrac{10}{5}$
Express $\displaystyle 9\frac{7}{20}$ as a decimal.
- $9.05$
- $9.53$
- $9.26$
- $9.35$
In expressing a length $81.472 \ km$ as nearly as possible with three significant digits, the percent error is
- $0.34\%$
- $0.034\%$
- $0.0034\%$
- $0.0038\%$
If the decimal o.d25d25d25 ................ is expressible in the form n/27, then d+n must be
- 9
- 28
- 30
- 34
Express $ \dfrac {5}{13} $ correct to $3$ significant figures.
- $1.26$
- $0.385$
- $0.00385$
- $0.103$
The number of significant digits in the measurement of the side of a square whose computed area is $1.1025$ square inches to the nearest tenthousandth of a square cm is
- $2$
- $3$
- $4$
- $5$
- $1$
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding significant figures?
- All the non-zero digits are significant.
- All the zeros between two non-zero digits are significant.
- Greater the number of significant figures in a measurement, smaller is the percentage error.
- The power of 10 is counted while counting the number of significant figures.
Divide $0.3297$ by $0.07$, correct to $2$ significant digits.
- $4.4$
- $4.7$
- $4.9$
- None of these
In the decimal, $2.4d7$, $d$ represents a digit from 0 to 9. If the value of the decimal rounded to the nearest tenth, is less than $2.5$, what are the possible values of $d$?
- $0,1,2$
- $0,1,2,3,4$
- $5,6,7$
- $5,6,7,8,9$
$\displaystyle 6.743\times 100$ is equal to _____
- $674.300$
- $.674300$
- $67.4300$
- $6.74300$
Calculate the value of the following expression by appropriate rounding off of the numbers:
$\displaystyle 0.43\times 0.87=$
- $0.31$
- $0.35$
- $0.36$
- $0.38$
On rounding off the decimal part of $32.4$ to the nearest one, we get
- $30$
- $32$
- $33$
- $35$
Round each of the following decimals to the nearest one?
- $72.8$
- $9.4$
- $40.7$
- $6.1$
While rounding off, if the digit to be dropped is less than $5$, then the preceding digit:
- increases by $1$
- remains unchanged
- decreases by $1$
- None of the above
66.7 can be approximated to
- 67
- 92
- 88
- 127
List T consists of 30 positive decimals, none of which is an integer, and the sum of the 30 decimals is S.The estimated sum of the 30 decimals, E, is defined as follows. Each decimal in T whose tenths digit is even is rounded up to the nearest integer, and each decimal in T whose tenths digit is odd is rounded down to the nearest integer; E is the sum of the resulting integers. If $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 3 } $ of the decimals in T have a tenths digit that is even, which of the following is a possible value of E- S ?
I. -16
II. 6
III.10
- I only
- I and II only
- I and III only
- II and III only
- I, II and III
Find the value to three places of decimal of the following. It is given that $\sqrt{2}=1.414, \sqrt{3} = 1.732, \sqrt{5} = 2.236$ and $\sqrt{10}=3.162.$
- $2.288$
- $1.2845$
- $3.629$
- None of the above
What is $4,563,021 \div 10^5$, rounded to the nearest whole number?
- 45
- 44
- 46
- 47
Round off each of the following as required.
- $5.00$
- $5.54$
- $5.50$
- $5.55$
The correct expansion of $6.\overline {46}$ in the fractional form is :
- $\dfrac{646}{99}$
- $\dfrac{640}{100}$
- $\dfrac{64640}{1000}$
- $\dfrac{640}{99}$
Multiply $4.28$ and $0.67.$ Round off the product obtained correct to three decimal places
- $2.798$
- $2.868$
- $0.85$
- None of these