Estimation and Limits of Accuracy

19.
On average, the mass of each egg in a tray is 57.2 grams to the nearest tenth of a gram.
(a) Write down the lower bound for the mass.
(a) ......................... g [1]
(b) There are 30 eggs in the tray.
Calculate an estimated upper bound for the mass of all eggs in the tray.
(b) ......................... g [2]
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20.
By rounding each of the value to 1 significant figure, estimate 5.112 × 39.997 0.199 .
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21.
(a) The number of people at a football match is 27359.
Write the number to one significant figure.
(a) ......................... [1]
(b) The number of people who sat in stand A is 2500 correct to two significant figures.
Find the largest number of people that could have sat in stand A.
(b) ......................... [1]
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22.
(a) By first rounding each value to one significant figure, estimate the value of 33.94 × ( 0.00772 ) 1 3 1.76 .
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23.
The number of students at a college is 1719.
Write this number correct to:
(a) The nearest 10,
(a) ......................... [1]
(b) Two significant figures.
(b) ......................... [1]
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24.
By making suitable approximations, estimate 23.566 × ( 5.367 ) 2 14.788 .
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