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WorksheetsPercent Error Word Problems
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 25mins
The students measured length during a science experiment, they got 12 cm. But the actual measurement was 14.25 cm. What was the percent error?
15.79%
18.75%
2.25%
18%
Ms. Perun estimates the weight of her cat, Pumpkin, to be 8 pounds. The actual weight of Pumpkin was 10 pounds. (Black can be very slimming.) Find the percent error.
15%
20%
25%
30%
Density was calculated in an experiment and was found to be 86 g/cm3. The actual density was 78 g/cm3. What is the percent error?
12%
10%
8%
6g/mL
The density of a block was calculated to be 50 g/ml. The actual density of the block was 55 g/ml. What is the percent error?
9%
-9 g/mL
10%
-10 g/mL
Heather performs an experiment to measure the acceleration of an object due to Earth’s gravitational force and discovers the acceleration of an object is 10.91 m/s. The actual acceleration of the object is 9.80 m/s. What is Heather’s percent error?
0.11%
1.11%
11.33%
10.17 m/s
Arlo performs an experiment for his physical science class and finds that the gravitational acceleration due to the Earth is 9.0 m/s2. The actual value is 9.8 m/s2. What is the percent error in Arlo’s measurement?
8.2%
-8.2%
-9.0m/s2
9.4%
A student’s calculation was found to have a 35.5% error, and his experimental measurement was 15.6 cm. What are the possible values for the actual measurement?
5.538 cm
21.138 cm
10.062 cm
51.1 cm
