Rounding & % error
Trig
Volume
Surface area
100

Round 4.53602 to 3 s.f.

4.54

100

Solve for x.

4.86

100

Calculate the volume of the cuboid with edges 17 m x 2 m x 9 m.

306 cubic metres

100

What is the formula for the area of a semi-circle?

A = 0.5 Pi r^2

200

I estimate a volume to be 50 cubic cm.  The actual volume ended up being 53.4 cubic cm.  What was the percentage error of my estimate?

6.37%

200

Solve for x.


14.3

200

Calculate the volume of the cylinder with diameter 14 mm and height 25 mm.

3848.5 cubic mm

200

Calculate the surface area of this HOLLOW cylinder:


87.96 square cm

300

Round 4.0057 to 3 s.f.

4.01

300

A triangle has sides 5 cm, 6 cm, and 10 cm.  Find the angle across from 6 cm.

27.1 degrees

300

Find the volume of the following:


729.2 cubic cm

300

Calculate the surface area of the solid:


6.2 square cm

400

Round 5403 to 1 s.f.

5000

400

The area of a triangle ABC is 100 square cm. It is isosceles with AB = BC.  Angle B is 80 degrees. Find the length of side AB.

14.3 cm

400

Find the volume of the following:


65.4 cubic cm

400

Find the surface area of this solid:


48x4 + 12x12 = 336 square cm

500

I give a rounded answer of 500 for a test question. The actual answer is 501.34. What is the percentage error? Round your percentage error to 2 significant figures.

0.27%

500

Find the area of the field, rounded to THREE significant figures:


4749.1 square metres

to 3 sig figs:

4750 square metres

500

Find the volume of rubber used to make this tube, rounded to the nearest cubic cm:


6361.725....=6362 cubic cm

500


a) 251.2 sq m

b) 50.265 L therefore 10.05 5L cans therefore 11 cans of paint needed

c) EUR 577.50

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