Rounding – UB LB
1 Write 0.04628 correct to 2 significant figures.
2 The bottles of juice are 18.5 cm tall, correct to the nearest millimetre.
0.046 cao
They are stored on shelves.
3.95
The distance between the shelves is 23 cm, correct to the nearest
centimetre.
Calculate the lower bound for the distance, d cm, between the top of a
bottle and the shelf above it.
3 The grocer buys 620 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 20 kg. 140
He packs them into bags each containing 5 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 1 kg.
Calculate the upper bound for the number of bags of onions that he packs.
4 Write 24.07839 24.08 cao
(a) correct to 2 decimal places 20 cao
(b) correct to the nearest 10.
5 The area of a rectangle is 55.2 cm2 , correct to 1 decimal place. 6.5 nfww
The length of the rectangle is 9 cm, correct to the nearest cm.
Calculate the upper bound of the width of the rectangle.
6 A car travels 14 km, correct to the nearest kilometre. 1.08
This takes 12 minutes, correct to the nearest minute.
Calculate the lower bound of the speed of the car.
Give your answer in kilometres per minute.
7 A picture in the smaller frame 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.
163.937 5
8 Parthi advertises a large frame for a price of $57 or 48.20 euros.
The exchange rate is $1= 0.88 euros.
$2.23
Calculate the difference between these prices, in dollars and cents, correct to the nearest cent.
final
9 At a football match, there are 29 800 people, correct to the nearest 100.
answer
(i) At the end of the football match, the people leave at a rate of 400 people per minute, correct
70 or
to the nearest 50 people.
70.16[5…]
Calculate the lower bound for the number of minutes it takes for all the people to leave.
or 70.17
(ii) At a cricket match there are 27 500 people, correct to the nearest 100.
or 70.2
Calculate the upper bound for the difference between the number of people at the football
match and at the cricket match.
2399
or 2400
10 (a) A bag of rice has a mass of 25 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.
nfww
Calculate the lower bound of the total mass of 10 of these bags.
245
(b) 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.
69 cao
Calculate the largest possible value of n.
nfww
11 A bus travels 440 km, correct to the nearest 10 km. 69.6 km/h
The time taken to complete the journey is 6 hours, correct to the nearest half hour.
Calculate the lower bound of the speed of the bus.
12 A car travels at a constant speed.
It travels a distance of 146.2 m, correct to 1 decimal place.
22.5 nfww
This takes 7 seconds, correct to the nearest second.
Calculate the upper bound for the speed of the car.
13 Ella’s height is 175 cm, correct to the nearest 5 cm.
Write down the upper bound of Ella’s height.
177.5
14 The sides of an isosceles triangle are measured correct to the nearest millimetre.
One side has a length of 8.2 cm and another has a length of 9.4 cm.
27.15 cao
Find the largest possible value of the perimeter of this triangle.
