YEAR 9 MATH

Monday, 18th May, 2020

Estimation & Limits Of Accuracy
LESSON OBJECTIVES: KEYWORDS:

To round numbers to specific nearest

degrees of accuracy
decimal places
To identify the upper and
Upper bound- maximum,
lower bounds of a rounded
value most, highest
To solve problems involving lower bound- minimum,
upper and lower bounds least, lowest
 ROUNDING NUMBERS (Estimation)
Rounding Rules (More Than 5 > Up; Less Than 5 < Down)
For decimal fractions
When rounding to 10 or above, there's an
1. Look at the digit in the place value to be
important change to step 4.
rounded to.
4. Replace whole numbers to the right of the
2. Increase it by 1 if the digit to the right of
digit with zero(s),
it is 5 or more.
then remove everything to their right.
3. Leave it the same if the digit to the right
of it is less than 5.
4. Remove everything to the right of the Examples:
digit. Round 625.475 to 10: 625.475 ≈ 630
Round 625.475 to 100: 625.475 ≈ 600
Example:
Round 625.475 to 1 decimal place:
625.475 ≈ 625.5
Task
a. 4.738 to 1 decimal place.
b. 59.653 to the nearest whole
number
c. 147.83 to 2 significant figures
Solution
a. 4.7 (not 4.700, 4.70)
b. 60 (not 60.0, 59.7, 59.0)
c. 150 (not 15, 148, 150.00)
UPPER BOUND LOWER BOUND
 Used to describe the lowest possible value to
 Used to describe the highest possible value to
which an estimated quantity is greater than
which an estimated quantity is less than i.e. .
or equal to i.e. .
 Midpoint value between the estimated value
 Midpoint value between the estimated value
and the immediate greater value based on
and the immediate less value based on the
 the
  given degree of accuracy.   
given degree of accuracy.
 If the weight of a baby is 28.5kg to 1dp, the
 If the weight of a baby is 28.5kg to 1dp, the
upper bound is 28.55kg.
lower bound is 28.45kg.
 How?
 How?

 
Therefore,
BASIC OPERATIONS (Key)

Lower bounds

Note:
Additions and
  
Upper Bounds
multiplication don’t
change, subtractions and
divisions change.
Task Solution
The length of a line is 63 cm, Hint: Least possible length is lower
correct to the nearest centimetre. bound; greatest possible length is
(a)Write down the least possible
upper bound.
  
length of the line. a) 62.5cm
(b)(b) Write down the greatest b) 63.5cm
possible length of the line. As interval or inequality, length of
the line could be written as
Task
A field is in the shape of a rectangle. The
length of the field is 340 m, to the nearest
metre. The width of the field is 117 m, to the
nearest metre. Calculate the upper bound
for the perimeter of the field.
Example
In a cycling race, there are 250 cyclists
correct to the nearest ten. Each cyclist
covers 45.5km each correct to 1 decimal
place. Calculate the least possible total
distance covered by the participants
altogether.

Solution
LbL=339.5m, UbL=340.5m
LbW=116.5m, LbW=117.5m
UbP= 2(340.5+117.5)
= 2 x 458m
=916m
Task

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