How many times does a human heart beat during a person's lifetime? How many gallons of blood does it pump?

How many significant figures are there in each of the following values?

75.0

A useful and easy-to-remember approximate value for the number of seconds in a year is π × 107. Determine the percent error in this approximate value. (There are 365.24 days in one year.)

With a wooden ruler, you measure the length of a rectangular piece of sheet metal to be 12 mm. With micrometer calipers, you measure the width of the rectangle to be 5.98 mm. Use the correct number of significant figures: What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

You are using water to dilute small amounts of chemicals in the laboratory, drop by drop. How many drops of water are in a 1.0-L bottle?

Four astronauts are in a spherical space station. If, as is typical, each of them breathes about 500 cm³ of air with each breath, approximately what volume of air (in cubic meters) do these astronauts breathe in a year?

How many times does a typical person blink her eyes in a lifetime?

How many gallons of gasoline are used in the United States in one day? Assume that there are two cars for every three people, that each car is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year, and that the average car gets 20 miles per gallon.

How many significant figures are in each of the following numbers?
a) 0.0032
b) 10790
c) 08.02