Noel's suitcase is weighed before his plane flight at 14 kilograms, to the nearest kilogram.
What is the absolute error of this measurement? (1 mark)
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-008 MC
A person's height is measured as 1.7 metres.
What is the absolute error of this measurement?
- 1 centimetre
- 5 centimetres
- 10 centimetres
- 50 centimetres
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-007
The capacity of a bottle is measured as 1.35 litres correct to the nearest 10 millilitres.
What is the percentage error for this measurement, correct to two significant figures? (2 marks)
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-006
A dinosaur fossil is measured to be 1.3 metres in length.
What is the percentage error in this measurement, giving your answer correct to two decimal places? (2 marks)
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-005
A puppy's weight is measured at 5.2 kilograms, to the nearest 100 grams.
Calculate the percentage error in this measurement, correct to one significant figure? (3 marks)
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-004
The height of palm tree is measured at 8 metres, to the nearest metre.
What is the percentage error in this measurement? (2 marks)
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-003
The width of a hockey field is measured to be 45 metres, correct to the nearest metre.
What is the upper limit for the width of the hockey field? (2 marks)
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-002 MC
The width of a soccer field is measured to be 50.60 metres, correct to the nearest centimetre.
What is the lower limit for the length of the netball court?
- 50.55 m
- 50.59 m
- 50.595 m
- 50.599 m
Numbers of Any Magnitude, SMB-001
A cockroach is measured in a school science experiment and its length is recorded as 5.2 cm.
What is the upper limit of accuracy of this measurement? (2 marks)
Measurement, STD2 M1 2020 HSC 5 MC
A plant stem is measured to be 16.0 cm, correct to one decimal place.
What is the percentage error in this measurement?
- 0.3125%
- 0.625%
- 3.125%
- 6.25%
Measurement, STD2 M1 2019 HSC 8 MC
A person's weight is measured as 79.3 kg.
What is the absolute error of this measurement?
- 10 grams
- 50 grams
- 100 grams
- 500 grams
Measurement, STD2 M1 2018 HSC 18 MC
The length of a window is measured as 2.4 m.
Which calculation will give the percentage error for this measurement?
Measurement, STD2 M1 2015 HSC 12 MC
The length of a fish was measured to be 49 cm, correct to the nearest cm.
What is the percentage error in this measurement, correct to one significant figure?
- 0.01%
- 0.5%
- 1%
- 2%
Measurement, STD2 M1 2014 HSC 10 MC
The top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is measured to be 138.4 m above sea level.
What is the percentage error in this measurement?
- 0.036%
- 0.050%
- 0.072%
- 0.289%
Measurement, STD2 M1 2013 HSC 27d
A rectangular wooden chopping board is advertised as being 17 cm by 25 cm, with each side measured to the nearest centimetre.
- Calculate the percentage error in the measurement of the longer side. (1 mark)
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- Between what lower and upper limits does the actual area of the top of the chopping board lie? (2 marks)
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