Decimal places and significant figures quiz
Thursday, November 02nd, 2006A quiz on decimal places, significant figures and rounding might help clarify this area of Number. Calculators give you 10 figures even when you want 3.
A quiz on decimal places, significant figures and rounding might help clarify this area of Number. Calculators give you 10 figures even when you want 3.
BBC Byte Size Maths GCSE material on significant figures: read this and then try the Significant Figures Quiz.
You also need to know how to round to a given number of decimal places.
BBC Skillswise has a good page on decimal arithmetic. You should try the quiz at Level A and Level B.