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4024/11 Oct/Nov 2024, Question 23: Upper and Lower Bounds

Cambridge O Level Mathematics 4024 · Paper 11 (Non-calculator) · Non-calculator · 2 marks

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Rectangle length 32 cm, width 15 cm, each to nearest centimetre. Find upper bound of length and upper bound of length minus width.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

State the upper bound for the 32 cm length measurement.

  1. 1Upper bound = 32 + 0.5 = 32.5 cm

Answer32.5

Part (b) · 1 mark

Work out the upper bound for the difference between length and width.

  1. 1Upper bound of difference = upper length − lower width
  2. 2= 32.5 − 14.5 = 18 cm

Answer18

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