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Adam is in training for a 400 metre race. He states that he can run 400 metres in 44 seconds. Both
of these measurements are given to two significant figures. Find his maximum speed. [4]

A room is measured as 6.4 by 4.3 metres, measured to 1 decimal place. Calculate the upper and
lower bound of the area of the room [3]

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A piece of metal 32cm long is cut from 100 cm length. Both the measurements are correct to the
nearest cm. Find the upper and lower bounds of the length of remaining piece. [4]

In a triangle ABC angle B has been measured 72o. The lengths BC and AB are 15 cm and 21cm
respectively. All the measurements of sides are correct to 2 s.f. Calculate the upper and lower
bound of area of triangle. [6]

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Natalie measured the distance between two points on a map.

The distance she measured was 5 cm correct to the nearest centimetre

(a) Write down the

i) least upper bound of the measurement

ii) greatest lower bound of the measurement

The scale of the map is 1 to 20 000

(b) Work out the actual distance in real life between the upper and lower bounds. Give your
answer in kilometres.
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In the diagram 
= 17.9 m,  = 8.2 m, angle   = 37º

and angle  = 90º.

 is a straight line.

(a) Calculate the length of . [2]

Give your answer, in metres, correct to 3 significant figures.

(b) Calculate the area of triangle ABC. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. [4]