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Post-UTME Mathematics 2009 Objective — Question 1

Question 1 of 15 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Mathematics 2009 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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The population of a village is 6538. Express this number to three significant figures.

  • A. 6540Correct
  • B. 6538
  • C. 6530
  • D. 654

Explanation

Rounding 6538 to 3 significant figures: the digit after '653' is 8, rounding up to give 6540.

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