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91. The length of a fence is 137 metres, correct to the nearest metre.
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(ii) the upper bound for the length of the fence.
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(ii) the upper bound for the length of the fence.

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(a) Write down the upper bound for the weight of Zoe.
(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)
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4. (Total for Question 14 is 2 marks) [3 marks]

14. The volume of oil in a tank is 1000 litres, correct to the nearest 10 litres.
The oil is poured into tins of volume 2.5 litres, correct to one decimal place.

Calculate the upper bound of the number of tins which will be required.

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Glass A contains 122 millilitres of water, correct to the nearest millilitre.

Glass B contains 168 millilitres of water, correct to the nearest millilitre.
Calculate the upper bound of the difference, in millilitres, between the volume of water in
glass A and the volume of water in glass B.

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7. (Total for Question 16 is 2 marks) [3 marks]

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17 An athlete
Make runs
n the 400 metres,
subject correct to the nearest metre.
of the formula
The athlete takes 50.2 seconds, correct to the nearest 0.1 of a second.
n+3
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t = speed.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. n

S I upper bound for S

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(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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19 y =
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The size of the interior angle is 7 times size of the exterior angle.
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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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20 Show that the recurring decimal 0.015 =
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21 There are 1300 sheets of paper, correct to the nearest 100 sheets, in a pile.
Each sheet is of equal thickness.
The height of the pile is 160 mm, correct to the nearest 10 mm.
Calculate the upper bound, in millimetres, for the thickness of one sheet of paper.

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(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

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19
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Trena wants to build a sandpit in the shape of a cuboid.

The volume of sand in the sandpit will be 1.0 m3, correct to 1 decimal place.
The depth of sand in the sandpit will be 0.18 metres, correct to 2 decimal places.
The sandpit will have a square base with sides of length x metres.
Find the upper bound for x
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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19 (a) Correct to the nearest millimetre, the length of a side of a regular hexagon is 3.6 cm.
Calculate the upper bound for the perimeter of the regular hexagon.

3 65 6

21.9
........................................... cm
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Correct to 2 significant figures, the length of the rectangle is 12 cm.
Calculate the lower bound for the width of the rectangle.
Show your working clearly.

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20 Correct to 2 decimal places, the volume of a solid cube is 42.88 cm3

Calculate the lower bound for the surface area of the cube.

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f s 3 5

LB surface area 6 3.52

73.5 cm

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)
21 Correct to 2 significant figures, a = 58, b = 28 and c = 18
a
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58.527
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Show your working clearly.
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(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

6 x 2 + x − 15
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20 A metal cube has sides of length 4.5cm, correct to the nearest 0.5cm.
The cube is melted down and the metal is used to make small spheres.

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Each sphere has a radius of 3 mm, correct to the nearest millimetre.
Work out the greatest number of spheres that could be made from the metal.
Show your working clearly.

Largest cube 47.5 107172 mm

Smallest sphere tix 2.5 m

65.4498 mm

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(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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21. Correct to 1 significant figure, x = 7 and y = 9

(a) Calculate the lower bound for the value of xy

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55.25
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x
(b) Calculate the upper bound for the value of
y

85

0.882
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23. In a race, Paula runs 25 laps of a track.
Each lap of the track is 400 m, correct to the nearest metre.
Paula’s average speed is 5.0 m/s, correct to one decimal place.

Calculate the upper bound for the time that Paula takes to run the race.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds, correct to the nearest second.

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2023 s

33 min 43 seconds

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(Total 4 marks)