UPPER BOUND AND LOWER BOUND Prepared by: Mr.
Marz
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1 Violet and Wilfred recorded their times to run 200 m, correct to the nearest second.
Violet took 36 seconds and Wilfred took 39 seconds.
Work out the upper bound of the difference between their times.
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[Total: 2]
2 The length, l cm, of a bicycle is 96 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Complete this statement about the value of l.
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[Total: 2]
3 The length, l metres, of a piece of rope is 30.7 m, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete this statement about the value of l.
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[Total: 2]
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4 Neha has a piece of ribbon of length 23 cm, correct to the nearest cm.
From this ribbon she cuts off a piece with length 87 mm, correct to the nearest mm.
Work out the lower bound and the upper bound for the length of the remaining ribbon.
Give your answer in centimetres.
Lower bound = ................................................... cm
Upper bound = ................................................... cm [3]
[Total: 3]
5 The mass of an aircraft, m tonnes, is 473 tonnes, correct to the nearest tonne.
Complete this statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
6 The height, h metres, of a fence post is 2.43 m, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Complete the statement about the value of h.
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[Total: 2]
7 At a football match, there are 29 800 people, correct to the nearest 100.
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(a) At the end of the football match, the people leave at a rate of 400 people per minute, correct to the
nearest 50 people.
Calculate the lower bound for the number of minutes it takes for all the people to leave.
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(b) At a cricket match there are 27 500 people, correct to the nearest 100.
Calculate the upper bound for the difference between the number of people at the football match and
at the cricket match.
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[Total: 5]
8 The mass, m tonnes, of wheat grown in 2021 is 4.3 tonnes, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete this statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
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9 A rectangular picture has length 15 cm and width 10.5 cm, both correct to the nearest 5 mm.
Calculate the upper bound for the area of this picture.
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[Total: 2]
10 The length, l metres, of a piece of rope is 5.67 m, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Complete this statement about the value of l.
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[Total: 2]
11 The sides of a regular hexagon are 80 mm, correct to the nearest millimetre.
Calculate the lower bound of the perimeter of the hexagon.
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[Total: 2]
12 The distance between two towns is 600 km, correct to the nearest 10 km.
A car takes 8 hours 40 minutes, correct to the nearest 10 minutes, to travel this distance.
Calculate the lower bound for the average speed of the car in km/h.
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[Total: 3]
13 The mass, m grams, of a ball is 415 g, correct to the nearest 5 grams.
Complete the statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
14 Virat has 200 metres of wire, correct to the nearest metre.
He cuts the wire into n pieces of length 3 metres, correct to the nearest 20 centimetres.
Calculate the largest possible value of n.
n = ................................................... [3]
[Total: 3]
15 A bag of rice has a mass of 25 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.
Calculate the lower bound of the total mass of 10 of these bags.
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[Total: 1]
16 The height, h metres, of a mountain is 2642 m, correct to the nearest metre.
Complete this statement about the value of h.
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[Total: 2]
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17 The length, l cm, of a sheet of paper is 29.7 cm, correct to the nearest millimetre.
Complete this statement about the value of l.
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[Total: 2]
18 The height, h metres, of a tower is 76.3 m, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete this statement about the value of h.
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[Total: 2]
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w = 12 correct to the nearest whole number.
h = 4 correct to the nearest whole number.
Work out the upper bound for the value of P.
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[Total: 2]
20 Ella’s height is 175 cm, correct to the nearest 5 cm.
Write down the upper bound of Ella’s height.
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[Total: 1]
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21 The mass, m grams, of a banana is 115 g, correct to the nearest 5 g.
Complete the statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
22 The space allowed for each tent in a campsite is a rectangle measuring 8 m by 6 m, each correct to the nearest
metre.
Calculate the upper bound for the area of the space allowed for each tent.
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[Total: 2]
23 The sides of a square are 15.1 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.
Find the upper bound of the area of the square.
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[Total: 2]
24 The amount of fuel, t litres, in a boat’s fuel tank is 135 litres, correct to the nearest litre.
Complete the statement about the value of t.
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[Total: 2]
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25 The length of a truck, L metres, is 8.2 m, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete this statement about the value of L.
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[Total: 2]
26 Genaro measures the length, l cm, of his desk as 120 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Complete the statement about the value of l.
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[Total: 2]
27 An equilateral triangle has sides of length 15 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Calculate the upper bound of the perimeter of this triangle.
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[Total: 1]
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28
A = 10, correct to the nearest whole number.
h = 4, correct to the nearest whole number.
Work out the upper bound for the value of b.
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[Total: 3]
29 Zach goes on holiday.
The mass, m kilograms, of his suitcase is 23.5 kg, correct to the nearest 500 g.
Complete this statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
30 Every page of a newspaper is a rectangle measuring 43 cm by 28 cm, both correct to the nearest centimetre.
Calculate the upper bound of the area of a page.
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[Total: 2]
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31 The width, w metres, of a room is 4.2 metres, correct to the nearest 10 centimetres.
Complete this statement about the value of w.
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[Total: 2]
32 Priya has 50 identical parcels.
Each parcel has a mass of 17 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.
Find the upper bound for the total mass of the 50 parcels.
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[Total: 1]
33 The mass, m kilograms, of Katy’s suitcase is 31 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.
Complete the statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
34 An equilateral triangle has side length 12 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Find the lower bound and the upper bound of the perimeter of the triangle.
Lower bound = ................................................... cm
Upper bound = ................................................... cm [2]
[Total: 2]
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35 Saafia has a barrel containing 6000 millilitres of oil, correct to the nearest 100 ml.
She uses the oil to fill bottles which each hold exactly 50 ml.
Calculate the upper bound for the number of bottles she can fill.
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[Total: 2]
36 The area of a square is 42.5 cm2, correct to the nearest 0.5 cm2.
Calculate the lower bound of the length of the side of the square.
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[Total: 2]
37 The mass, m grams, of a cake is 1250 g, correct to the nearest 10 g.
Complete this statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
38 The number, n, is given as 5300, correct to 2 significant figures.
Complete this statement about the value of n.
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[Total: 2]
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39 The height, h metres, of a boy is 1.72 m, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Complete this statement about the value of h.
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[Total: 2]
40 The mass, m kilograms, of a package is 6.2 kg, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete the statement about the value of m.
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[Total: 2]
