YEAR 9

UNIT 1: NUMBERS
Approximations and estimation
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 Lesson Objective: Give appropriate upper and lower
bounds for data given to a specified accuracy.
SC1: Calculate the upper and lower bound for simple context.
SC2: Calculate the upper and lower bound for the given context.
SC3: Apply the knowledge of upper and lower bound to solve
real life problems.

Keywords: Upper bound, Lower

bound, Rounding,
Accuracy, Significant figure
CCL: Business, Engineering,
Science & Technology
 A general rule
• To find the upper bound we have to add half of the unit we rounded to for
• And if we want the lower bound, we subtract half of the unit
• example:
• If we rounded to the nearest 10, we add on 5 (half of 10)
• If we rounded to the nearest 1 (whole number), we add on 0.5 (half of 1)
 Upper & Lower Bounds
Examples:
Find the upper and lower bounds for each quantity

Eg1 The population of Liverpool is 466,000 (to the nearest 1000)

Lower Bound: 465,500 Upper Bound: 466,500

Eg2 The distance from L’pool to M’chester is 34 miles (nearest mile)

Lower Bound: 33.5 miles Upper Bound: 34.5 miles

Eg3 4500 people (nearest 100) LB: 4450 UB: 4549

Eg4 163cm (nearest cm) LB: 162.5 UB: 163.5

 YOUTUBE LINKS
• Use the below link for understanding upper and lower bound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzuB0KYFdzk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIu3Iykvyg0
 Here are some more examples of upper
and lower bounds

Units Size Lower B. Upper B.

metres 21 m 20.5 m 21.5 m
centimetres 7 cm 6.5 cm 7.5 cm
litres 36 litres 35.5 litres 36.5 litres
kilograms 56 kg 55.5 kg 56.6 kg
hours 180 hours 179.5 hours 180.5 hours
minutes 53 mins 52.5 mins 53.5 mins
Independent Task:
SOLUTIONS
 Choice Board/ select any one
(Real life Application)

3
 HOMEWORK

3
 SOLUTIONS

17.5 km

127.5 g

4.5 kg
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bound-and-upper-bound
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