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Rounding Up Numbers Scientific Form: Marija Lovrić
Rounding Up Numbers Scientific Form: Marija Lovrić
Scientific form
Marija Lovrić
Decimal places vs Significant figure
Example 1. 324.2678
• In 6 s.f. -> 324.268 *In the final IB
exams the
• In 5 s.f. -> 324.27 requirement is to
• In 4 s.f. -> 324.3 give the answers
either in exact
• In 3 s.f. -> 324 form or in 3 s.f.
For example:
->5432.67 can be written as 5.43267 × 103
• Example 1.
a) Give the scientific form of the numbers
𝑎 = 3005, 𝑏 = 2445.1, 𝑐 = 0.00635, 𝑑 = 0.325.
b) Give the standard form of the numbers
𝑒 = 3.501 × 102 , 𝑓 = 3.501 × 105 , 𝑔 = 3.501 × 10−3 .
• Example 2.
Consider 𝑥 = 2 × 104 , 𝑦 = 7 × 104 . Give 𝑥 + 𝑦 and 𝑥𝑦 in scientific form.
• Example 3.
Consider 𝑥 = 2 × 104 , 𝑦 = 7 × 106 . Give 𝑥 + 𝑦 and 𝑥𝑦 in scientific form.
Scientific form
SOLUTIONS
• Example 1.
a) 𝑎 = 3.005 × 103 , 𝑏 = 2.4451 × 103 , 𝑐 = 6.35 × 10−3 , 𝑑 = 3.25 × 10−1
b) 𝑒 = 350.1, 𝑓 = 350100, 𝑔 = 0.003501
• Example 2.
𝑥 + 𝑦 = 9 × 104 , 𝑥𝑦 = 1.4 × 109
• Example 3.
𝑥 + 𝑦 = 7.02 × 106 , 𝑥𝑦 = 1.4 × 1011