Unit 1-1 Study GuideReporting Quantities

What units would you use to estimate the distance from base to base on a baseball diamond?

a. inches

b. yards

c. miles

d. feet

What order of 10 would you use to estimate the number of teachers in the school?a. 103 - thousands

b. 10-3 – thousandths

c. 101 – tens

d. 102 - hundreds

What units would you use to estimate the distance from T.H. Bell to your house?a. meters

b. decimeters

c. centimeters

d. kilometers

What level of accuracy would you measure the weight of a watermelon?a. ounces

b. pounds

c. tens of pounds

d. tenths of pounds

What level of accuracy would you need to measure the volume of a swimming pool?a. cubic pounds

b. cubic centimeters

c. cubic meters

d. cubic ounces

A window measures 4.3 ft. x 6.1 ft. 26 ft2 is the most accurate area of the window.

True

False

What is the most accurate answer to this expression: 2пr2 when r=3?a. 18п

b. 56.52

c. 16п

d. 50.24

What is the most accurate value of √ 23 +52 ?a. 33

b. √ 16

c. 5.745

d. √ 33

Which situation would require the least precise measurement?a. drilling a hole for a screw

b. setting a laser for eye surgery

c. throwing a Frisbee to a friend

d. cutting glass for a car window

Round the following to the nearest thousandth: 563.412673a. 563.4127

b. 563

c. 563.413

d. 600

Round the following to the nearest whole number: 89.521a. 90

b. 89.5

c. 89.0

d. 89