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Percent Error

Authored by Eric Palmer

Mathematics

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The attendance for the basketball game was estimated to be 15,000 people but 12,500 people attended. What was the percent error?

16.67%
20%
2500%
80%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The students measured length during a science experiement, they got 12 cm. But the actual measurement was 14.25 cm. What was the percent error?

15.79%
18.75%
2.25%
18%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Mr. Nacerino estimates that it will take him 48 minutes to run 8 miles. It actually takes him 60 minutes. What was his percent error?

20%
12%
25%
8%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The deer population is estimated to be 17,600 in northern Illinois, but an actual count was 21,300. What is the percent error?

21%
17.37%
17.4%
21.02%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

An archaeologist estimated that a fossil was 520 years old. It was actually 500 years old. What was the percent error?

4%
20%
3.8%
none of these

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Sam thinks the cost of the book is $50, but actually it's $56. What is Sam's percent of error?

10.7%
6%
12%
89%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

You guess that Lebron James would score 35 points during the game. He actually scored 28. Find your percent error.

30%
33%
75%
25%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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