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Estimation

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    Round the following number to one significant figure.

  1. 29
  2. 950
  3. 849999
  4. 0.33
  5. 0.000708
  6. Write the calculation you need to do to estimate this expression

    E.g. to estimate 3.55 + 6.86, write 4 + 7

  7. 3.6 \times 6.2 + 4.9
  8. 2.78 + 2.05 \times 37.8
  9. 6.82^{2.47} + 5.54
  10. 58.77 \div 2.18
  11. \left( 87.83 - 31.7 \right) \times 34.02
  12. Write the calculation you need to do to estimate this expression

    E.g. to estimate 3.55 + 6.86, write 4 + 7

  13. Write the calculations needed to estimate \frac{3.9 + 5.4}{4.6 - 2.2} .
  14. Perform these calculations.
  15. Write the calculations needed to estimate \frac{33.2 \times 24.2}{62.5} .
  16. Perform these calculations.
  17. Write the calculations needed to estimate \frac{62 \times 4.5}{0.21} .
  18. Perform these calculations.
  19. Write the calculations needed to estimate \frac{70.4 + 29.7 \times 3.23}{0.492} .
  20. Perform these calculations.