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MATHEMATICS WORKSHEET NO. 7
Class: 8__ Name: ______________________________ Date: ________________
Topic: Estimation and Approximation
Solve word problems involving rounding off numbers to a given number of decimal places and
significant figures.
1- a) Express, correct to two significant figures,
i) 386.71,
ii) 0.02049.
b) Hence estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value of
386.71 × 0.02049
2- a) Express, correct to two significant figures,
i) 15823.769,
ii) 0.0030489.
b) Hence estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value of
15823.769 × 0.0030489
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3- a) Express 0.047852 correct to two decimal places.
b) Estimate the value of√200 , giving your answer correct to two significant
figures.
c) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
212 × 1.972
0.763
4- By writing each number correct to two significant figures, estimate, correct to
one significant figure, the value of
√110.94 − 0.2034 × 368.62
5- A Football Club paid $15 million for a player. A newspaper reported that the Club
would have to sell 75174 tickets to cover the cost.
a) Write down 75174 correct to two significant figures.
b) Use your answer to (a) and the information above to estimate the cost, in
dollars, of a ticket.
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6- A basketball stadium has 13492 seats.
During a season a basketball team played 26 matches and every seat was sold for
each match.
By writing each value correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the total amount
of money paid to watch these matches during the season.
7- The Stevens are going on a 1097km trip. They would like to drive half of the way
on Monday and stay overnight at a hotel. Approximately how many kilometres
should they drive on Monday before they stop at a hotel?
8- Mr. Teh has 148 pencils and needs to sell them by the dozen. How many dozens
can he sell?
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9- John travelled 297 km on 19.91 litres of petrol. About how many km per litre of
petrol does John’s car get?
10- The length and breadth of a rectangular sheet of metal are measured and
recorded as 9.96 meters and 5.08 metres respectively. Estimate, correct to one
significant figure,
a) the perimeter in metres,
b) the area, in square metres
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