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1 At a football match, there are 29 800 people, correct to the nearest 100.
(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.
................................................... min [3]
(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.
................................................... [2]
[Total: 5]
(a) In an experiment I and R are both measured correct to 1 decimal place.
When I = 4.0 and R = 2.7, find the lower bound for V.
................................................... [2]
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(b)
In an experiment D and T are both measured correct to 2 significant figures.
When D = 7.6 and T = 0.23, find the upper bound for S.
................................................... [2]
[Total: 4]
3 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]
4 Paint is sold in cylindrical tins of height 11 cm.
Each tin holds 750 ml of paint.
(a) Write 750 ml in cm3.
Answer(a) .........................................cm3 [1]
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(b) Calculate the radius of the tin.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer(b) .........................................cm [3]
(c) A mathematically similar tin has a height of 22 cm.
How many litres of paint does this tin hold?
Answer(c) .........................................litres [2]
[Total: 6]
5 An empty fuel tank is filled using a cylindrical pipe with diameter 8 cm.
Fuel flows along this pipe at a rate of 2 metres per second.
It takes 24 minutes to fill the tank.
Calculate the capacity of the tank.
Give your answer in litres.
................................................... litres [4]
[Total: 4]
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6 1 mile = 1.609344 kilometres
Change 6 miles into metres.
Give your answer correct to the nearest metre.
................................................... m [3]
[Total: 3]
