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Upper And Lower Bounds Worksheet
Help your students prepare for their Maths GCSE with this free Upper and Lower Bounds worksheet of 44 questions and answers
- Section 1 of the Upper and Lower Bounds worksheet contains 36 skills-based Cosine Rule questions, in 3 groups to support differentiation
- Section 2 contains 4 applied Upper and Lower Bounds questions with a mix of worded problems and deeper problem solving questions
- Section 3 contains 4 foundation and higher level GCSE exam style Upper and Lower Bounds questions
- Answers and a mark scheme for all Upper and Lower Bounds questions
- Follows variation theory with plenty of opportunities for students to work independently at their own level
- All questions created by fully qualified expert secondary maths teachers
- Suitable for GCSE maths revision for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards
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Upper and lower bounds at a glance
Upper & lower bounds are the maximum and minimum values a rounded number could have been before it was rounded. They are also called limits of accuracy.
When a number has been rounded, it can be useful to consider the smallest and biggest values it could have taken before it was rounded. For example, let’s say the length of a plank is given as 14cm to the nearest centimetre. Any length greater than or equal to 13.5cm would round up to 14cm. Therefore the lower bound of 14, when rounded to the nearest cm, is 13.5. Any length less than 14.5cm would round down to 14cm. For this reason we say the upper bound of 14, rounded to the nearest cm, is 14.5. The actual length of then plank could be anywhere in this range and we can represent this using an inequality: 13.5cmlength<14.5cm.
We can consider upper and lower bounds for numbers rounded to any degree of accuracy, including the nearest whole number and any number of decimal places or significant figures.
We can perform calculations involving upper and lower bounds. When calculating with upper and lower bounds we need to carefully consider how to find the overall upper or lower bound of the calculation. For example, to find an upper bound when adding, we would add two upper bounds but to find the upper bound when subtracting we would subtract a lower bound from an upper bound, giving us the biggest possible answer.
By considering upper and lower bounds we can find an answer to a calculation to a suitable degree of accuracy. The upper and lower bounds of the calculation will be the same to a given degree of accuracy so we can confidently give the final answer to that degree of accuracy.
Looking forward, students can then progress to additional number worksheets, for example an equivalent fractions & ordering fractions worksheet or simplifying fractions worksheet.
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