IGCSEMaths: CoreCIEExam QuestionsNumberRounding, Estimation and Bounds

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Rounding, Estimation and Bounds (CIE IGCSE Maths: Core)

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1a
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Write 0.3728 correct to 1 decimal place.

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1b
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The height, h metres, of a tower is 128m, correct to the nearest metre.
Complete the statement about the value of h.

..................less-than or slanted equal to h less than.............

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2
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Write 867 correct to the nearest ten.

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The length, l cm, of a pencil is 18cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.

Complete the statement about the value ofspace l.

................... less-than or slanted equal to l less than ...................

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4
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Write 849.481 correct to 1 decimal place.

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5
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Write 97.4236 correct to 3 decimal places.

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Write 3.72194 correct to 3 decimal places.

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Write 8379 correct to the nearest hundred.

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8a
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Write 6789 correct to the nearest 100.

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8b
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Write 6789 correct to 3 significant figures.

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The mass, m kilograms, of a horse is 429kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.

Complete this statement about the value of m.

..................... ⩽ m < ..................... 

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10a
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Write 8473 correct to the nearest ten.

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10b
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Write 16.086 correct to 2 decimal places.

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11
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Write 3.058 correct to 3 significant figures.

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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.

...................... less-than or slanted equal to l less than ..................... 

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13a
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Write 257964 correct to the nearest thousand.

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13b
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Write 0.06031 correct to 2 significant figures.

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14
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Write 4647 correct to the nearest 100.

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15
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Write 0.00268 correct to 2 significant figures.

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16a
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Calculate square root of 2.38 space plus space 6.4 squared end root, writing down your full calculator display.

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16b
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Write your answer to part (a) correct to 4 decimal places.

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17a
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Write 209802 correct to the nearest thousand.

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17b
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Write 4123 correct to 3 significant figures.

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By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of

fraction numerator 37.8 cross times 13.2 over denominator 28.5 plus 22.1 end fraction

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The height, h metres, of a tower is 76.3 m, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete this statement about the value of h.

.................... less-than or slanted equal to space h space less than ....................

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3
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By rounding each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of

fraction numerator 71 cross times 32.4 over denominator 4.8 squared end fraction

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4
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Calculate cube root of 40

Give your answer correct to 4 decimal places

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5a
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The amount of fuel, t spacelitres, in a boat’s fuel tank is 135 litres, correct to the nearest litre.

Complete the statement about the value of t.

..................... less-than or slanted equal to t less than.................... 

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5b
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Marco watched 25 boats enter a port, of which 9 had a mast.
There are a total of 200 boats in the port.

Calculate an estimate of the number of boats in the port that have a mast.

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By rounding each number correct to 1 significant figure, show that an estimate for this calculation is 20.

fraction numerator 9.78 plus 31.562 over denominator 0.381 cross times 5.09 end fraction

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7
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Write 0.047883 correct to 2 significant figures.

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8
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In a survey of 50 visitors to the leisure centre, 18 used the gym.
One day, 1500 people visited the leisure centre.

Calculate an estimate for the number of people who used the gym on this day.

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Three people pick strawberries.
The strawberries are sold in boxes.

i)
On Wednesday, they pick a total of 89kg of strawberries.
The mean mass of each strawberry is 22g.

Work out the number of strawberries they picked.
Give your answer correct to the nearest 10.
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ii)
On Thursday, they pick a total of 4650 strawberries.
They fill each box with 35 strawberries.

How many boxes do they fill?
[2]

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10a
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Write these numbers correct to 2 significant figures.

0.076499

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10b
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10 100

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The mass, m kilograms, of Katy’s suitcase is 31kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.

Complete the statement about the value of m.

.................. m space less-than or slanted equal to space less than ..................

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The mass, m kilograms, of a package is 6.2 kg, correct to 1 decimal place.

Complete the statement about the value of m.

..................... less-than or slanted equal to m less than ..................... 

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13
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Write 6.8167 correct to 3 significant figures.

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T equals fraction numerator 49.2 minus 9.59 over denominator 4.085 cross times 2.35 end fraction

By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for T.
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The length,space lcm, of a line is 18.3 cm, correct to the nearest millimetre.

Complete this statement about the value of l.

.................... less-than or slanted equal to l less than.................. 

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3
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The length, space lcm, of a sheet of paper is 29.7 cm, correct to the nearest millimetre.

Complete this statement about the value ofspace l.

.............................. less-than or slanted equal to l less than .............................. 

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The mass, m grams, of a banana is 115 g, correct to the nearest 5 g.

Complete the statement about the value of m.

............................ less-than or slanted equal to m less than ............................ 

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By rounding each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of square root of fraction numerator 90006 over denominator 10.01 squared end fraction end root

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The amount of water, w litres, in a jug is 1.5 litres, correct to the nearest 0.1 litre.

Complete this statement about the value of w.

................... less or equal than w less than................... 

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The length, p cm, of a pencil is 9.8cm, correct to 2 significant figures.

Complete the statement about the value of  p.

.................... less-than or slanted equal to p less than ....................

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The length of a truck, L metres, is 8.2m, correct to 1 decimal place.
Complete this statement about the value ofspace L.

..................... less-than or slanted equal to L less than ..................... 

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p equals fraction numerator 1.6 plus 9.6 squared over denominator 5.9 minus 4.3 end fraction

By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for p.
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10
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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.

...................... less than m less than .....................

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11
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Write 0.046875 correct to 2 significant figures.

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12
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Without using a calculator, estimate, by rounding each number correct to 1 significant figure,

fraction numerator square root of 104.3 end root over denominator 8.72 minus 7.389 end fraction

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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.

.............. less-than or slanted equal to w less than ..............

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The mass, m grams, of a cake is 1250g, correct to the nearest 10g.

Complete this statement about the value of m.

......................less-than or slanted equal to m less than........................ 

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The number, n, is given as 5300, correct to 2 significant figures.

Complete this statement about the value of n.

......................... less-than or slanted equal to n less than ......................... 

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The height, h metres, of a boy is 1.72m, correct to the nearest centimetre.

Complete this statement about the value of h.

..................... less-than or slanted equal to space h space less than ..................... 

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Estimate the value of fraction numerator 19.2 space cross times space square root of 8.64 end root over denominator 31.6 space divided by space 6.32 end fraction by rounding each number in the calculation to 1 significant figure.
Show all your working by filling in the calculation below.

fraction numerator................ space cross times square root of............... end root over denominator................. space divided by space................ end fraction space equals space....................

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The length, l metres, of a garden is 78.5 metres, correct to the nearest half metre.

Complete this statement about the value of l.

.................... less-than or slanted equal to l less than .................... 

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