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1(a) A wooden toy is 6 cm tall to the nearest cm.
Find the upper and lower bounds for the height of the toy.
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1(b) The mass of the toy is 2.2 kg to the nearest 0.1 kg.
Find the error interval, in which the true mass of the toy, 𝑚, lies
[2 marks]
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1(c) The length of a log is measured exactly to be 55.6 m.
Calculate the length of the log truncated to the nearest meter.
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2 A diagram of a rectangular garden is shown below.
Each length is measured to the nearest 0.1 m
3.2 m
4.1 m
Calculate minimum and maximum possible values for area of the garden.
Give your answers to 1 decimal place.
[3 marks]
Maximum area: m2
Minimum area: m2
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3 The distance from Sarah's house to Peter's house is 230 miles measured to the
nearest 10 miles.
Sarah took exactly 4 hours to complete this journey.
Sarah says:
“My average speed was 60 mph for the journey to Peter's house”
Is Sarah correct?
You must explain your answer
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4 𝑥 and 𝑦 are measured as 3.42 m and 0.92 m, both correct to the nearest 0.01 m.
4(a) Find the upper and lower bounds of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
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𝑧 = + 𝑦
𝑥
Find the maximum and minimum possible values of 𝑧.
Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
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5 The dimensions of a cuboid container are shown below.
Each length has been measured to 1 decimal place.
9.0 cm
8.5 cm
18.2 cm
5(a) Calculate the upper bound for the volume of the cuboid.
Give you answer to 2 decimal places.
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5(b) Joe has a bucket containing 1370 cm of water measured to the nearest 10 cm .
Joe Says
“If I tip my bucket of water in the cuboid container, it will never overflow”
Is Joe correct?
You must explain your answer
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6 A ball is dropped from a height of 𝑑 meters.
The time, t seconds, taken for the ball to reach the ground is given by
2𝑑
𝑡=
𝑔
where 𝑔 is the acceleration due to gravity.
𝑑 = 12.4 m correct to 3 significant figures
𝑔 = 9.8 m/s2 correct to 2 significant figures.
6(a) Find the lower bound of 𝑑.
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6(b) Find the minimum value of 𝑡.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
[3 marks]
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