Unit Test #7

Select your answers to the following 10 questions from the pop-up menus in the right hand column. Clicking the "Begin Test Again" button will clear all the answers.

 

 

Q1:

 

The distance from A to B is rounded to the nearest kilometre. A distance (d) on a signpost is given as 56 km.

The true distance is best given by

 

A. 55 ≤ d < 57
B. 55.5 ≤ d < 56.5 
C. 55.9 ≤ d < 56.1
D. 55.95 ≤ d < 56.05

Answer 1:

 

 

Q2:

 

Correct to two significant figures, the number 14.871 is

 

A. 15
B. 14.87
C. 14.9
D. 14.80

Answer 2:

 

 

Q3:

 

Write the number 15.264 correct to two places of decimals.

 

A. 15
B. 15.26
C. 15.27
D. 16

Answer 3:

 

 

Q4:

 

If each number is given correct to one significant figure, what is the maximum value of 7 + 5?

 

A. 11
B. 12
C. 12.5
D. 13

Answer 4:

 

 

Q5:

 

The value of  to the nearest whole number is

 

A. 6
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11

Answer 5:

 

 

Q6:

 

Calculate 133-113and give the answer correct to 2 significant figures.

 

A. 8.0
B. 860
C. 866
D. 870

Answer 6:

 

 

Q7:

 

Write the number 2846 correct to 3 significant figures.

 

A. 2840
B. 2845
C. 2850
D. 2900

Answer 7:

 

 

Q8:

 

If each number is given correct to one decimal place, what is the maximum value of 10.3 - 6.1?

 

A. 4.1
B. 4.2
C. 4.3 
D. 4.4

Answer 8:

 

 

Q9:

 

90 456 attend a rugby game at the MCG in Melbourne. What is this attendance correct to the nearest thousand?

 

A. 91 000
B. 90 000 
C. 95 000
D. 90 500

Answer 9:

 

 

Q10:

 

What is a cricket score of 345 given to the nearest ten runs?

A. 345
B. 300
C. 350
D. 340

Answer 10: