Absolute Error

A length measured as 7 cm to the nearest cm. Find its absolute error.

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

• $\pm0.1$

• $\pm3.5$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A mass measured as 129g to the nearest 10g. Find the absolute error.

•  $\pm5$  

•  $\pm10$  

•  $\pm0.5$  

•  $\pm129$  

A length measured as 3400km to the nearest km. Find the absolute error.

• $\pm500$

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

• $\pm1700$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A speed measured as 50km/h to the nearest km/h. Find the absolute error.

• $\pm25$

• $\pm5$

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

An amount given as $6 to the nearest dollars. Find the absolute error.

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

• $\pm3$

• $\pm0.05$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A length given as 16.8 cm to the nearest tenth of a centimeter. Find the absolute error.

•  $\pm0.5$  

•  $\pm0.05$  

•  $\pm1$  

•  $\pm13.4$  

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A distance given as 55km to the nearest 5km. Find the absolute error.

• $\pm5$

• $\pm2.25$

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

6cm is rounded to 1 significant figure. Find its absolute error.

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

• $\pm3$

• $\pm6$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

17kg is rounded to 2 significant figure. Find its absolute error.

• $\pm1$

• $\pm0.5$

• $\pm17$

• $\pm8.5$

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

4.23 is rounded to 2 decimal place. Find its absolute error.

• $\pm0.5$

• $\pm0.05$

• $\pm0.005$

• $\pm0.0005$