1. Starter – Premier League Attendance
Write the attendance in words (don’t forget spelling!) and then round each attendance to the nearest 10, nearest 100, nearest 1000 and nearest

2. Answers Fifty-nine thousand, nine hundred and twelve 59910 59900 60000
Forty-four thousand, three hundred and thirty
44330
44300
44000
40000

3. Answers Forty-one thousand and seventy-three 41070 41100 41000 40000
Twenty-four thousand and ninety-eight
24100
24100
24000
20000

4. 1DP
2DP
3DP
5 or more?
5 or more?
5 or more?
Yes No
Yes
4 . 9
Choose
red,
amber or
green
Number
To 1DP
To 2DP
To 3DP
63.5
63.47
63.472
87.7
87.66
87.656
Your Turn
150.0
149.99
3.5
3.54
3.540
0.6
0.60
0.600

5. Significant Figures
If you read that the attendance at a football match was exactly 41,786 and a friend asked you about the attendance, you would probably say “about 40,000”.
In this case you are giving an approximate answer to one significant figure.

6. Significant Figures
Find the first ‘non-zero’ digit in your number – this is your first significant figure (and every digit after this is significant, even zeros).
Count along the correct number of digits (same as the number of significant figures you are rounding too) and round normally.
Check your answer makes sense – if you have rounded to 2 sig. figs. and got an answer of 38 that isn’t sensible. Your answers should be of a similar size to your original number.

7. Rounding to one significant figure:
Significant Figures
Rounding to one significant figure:
5 or bigger ?
5 or bigger ?
5 or bigger ? No No
Yes
1 000
30 000
0.03

8. Answers Q1 (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2 (e) 4 (f) 6 Q2

9. This symbol means “approximately equal to”
Estimate the answer to x 9.5
When estimating, we first need to round EVERY number in the question to one significant figure.
We round 6.32 to 1 s.f. 6
We round 9.5 to 1 s.f. 10
6.32 x 9.5 
6 x 10
= 60
This symbol means “approximately equal to”

10. Sally bought 18 packets of crisps at 32p each.
Estimate how much she spent
When estimating, we first need to round EVERY number in the question to one significant figure.
We round 18 to 1 s.f. 20
We round 32 to 1 s.f. 30
18 x 32 
20 x 30
= 600p
= £6.00

11. Billy can write 24 words a minute
Billy can write 24 words a minute. Estimate how long it took him to write 643 words.
When estimating, we first need to round EVERY number in the question to one significant figure.
We round 24 to 1 s.f. 20
We round 643 to 1 s.f.
600
643 ÷ 24 
600 ÷ 20
= 30 minutes

12. On a long haul flight an aeroplane flew 3123 miles in 9. 6 hours
On a long haul flight an aeroplane flew 3123 miles in 9.6 hours. Work out an estimate of how many miles it flew each hour.
a) b) 30 c) 300

13. Estimate the answer to this question. 54.6 x 2.91?
a) b) 150 c) 15

14. Martyn rode 287 kilometres in 11 days
Martyn rode 287 kilometres in 11 days. Roughly how many kilometres did he ride each day?
a) 30 b) 300 c) 3

15. Estimate the answer to this question. 2.1 x 9.7 x 3.7?
a) 80 b) 800 c) 0.8

16. A square has edges of length 2.14cm. What is an estimate of the area?
a) 4cm² b) 40cm² c) 0.4cm²

17. Estimate the answer to this question. 935 x 29?
a) b) c) 270

18. At a theatre they sold 73 cups of coffee during the interval at 68p a cup. Estimate the amount they took on coffee.
a) £4.90 b) £490 c) £49

19. Estimate the answer to this question. 34.87 x 20.27?
a) 60 b) 6 c) 600

20. At Dave’s ice cream stall he sold 223 ice creams at 67p each
At Dave’s ice cream stall he sold 223 ice creams at 67p each. Estimate how much his takings were that day.
a) £140 b) £1400 c) £14000

21. Estimate the answer to this question. 3.14 x 7.92?
a) 240 b) 24 c) 0.24