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SA-4024-NU-006 2 marks L1 Foundation Calculator Bounds
A length is 8.4 8.4 8.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down its lower bound and its upper bound.
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SA-4024-NU4-002 1 mark L1 Foundation Calculator Bounds
The number of people at a concert is 250 250 250 , correct to the nearest 10 10 10 . Write down the lower bound.
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SA-4024-NU8-001 1 mark L1 Foundation Non-calculator Rounding & estimating
Round 0.006372 0.006372 0.006372 to 2 2 2 significant figures.
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SA-4024-NU8-002 1 mark L1 Foundation Non-calculator Rounding & estimating
Round 48 762 48\,762 48 762 to 3 3 3 significant figures.
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SA-4024-NU8-003 1 mark L1 Foundation Non-calculator Rounding & estimating
Round 3.14159 3.14159 3.14159 to 3 3 3 decimal places.
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SA-4024-NU8-005 1 mark L1 Foundation Non-calculator Bounds
A mass is 6 6 6 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram. Write down its upper bound.
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SA-4024-NU-007 2 marks L2 Standard Calculator Bounds
A rectangle measures 12 12 12 cm by 7 7 7 cm, both correct to the nearest centimetre. Calculate the upper bound of its area.
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SA-4024-NU-014 2 marks L2 Standard Non-calculator Rounding & estimating
By rounding each number to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of 49.7 × 3.12 0.198 \dfrac{49.7\times3.12}{0.198} 0.198 49.7 × 3.12 .
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SA-4024-NU8-004 2 marks L2 Standard Non-calculator Rounding & estimating
By rounding each number to 1 1 1 significant figure, estimate 48.7 × 9.8 \sqrt{48.7}\times9.8 48.7 × 9.8 .
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SA-4024-NU8-006 2 marks L2 Standard Non-calculator Bounds
a = 20 a=20 a = 20 correct to the nearest whole number and b = 7.4 b=7.4 b = 7.4 correct to 1 1 1 decimal place. Find the lower bound of a − b a-b a − b .
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SA-4024-NU8-007 2 marks L2 Standard Calculator Bounds
p = 12 p=12 p = 12 and q = 4 q=4 q = 4 , both correct to the nearest whole number. Find the lower bound of p q \dfrac pq q p , to 3 significant figures.
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SA-4024-NU-017 4 marks L4 Challenging Calculator Bounds
A runner covers 120 120 120 m, measured to the nearest 10 10 10 m, in 15.0 15.0 15.0 s, measured to the nearest 0.1 0.1 0.1 s. Calculate the upper bound of the runner's average speed, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
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