
A straight road slopes steadily upwards. If the road rises m (to the nearest metre) over a horizontal distance of m (given to the nearest m). What is the minimum possible gradient and the maximum possible gradient of the road? Write the answers to significant figures.

Important Questions on Understanding Measurement
Calculate upper and lower bounds for the area of the triangle. The two short sides of a right-angled triangle are (to nearest mm) and (to nearest mm). Give your answers to the nearest cm.

Calculate upper and lower bounds for the length of the hypotenuse. The two short sides of a right-angled triangle are cm (to nearest mm) and cm (to nearest mm). Give your answers to the nearest cm.

Calculate upper and lower bounds for .The angles in a triangle are (to ) and (to ).

Calculate upper and lower bounds for as a percentage of to decimal place.Quantity is to the nearest integer. Quantity is to the nearest integer.

The following five masses are given to significant figures. Calculate upper and lower bounds for the mean of these masses.
kg, kg, kg , kg, kg



