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IM: 7.4.15: Error Intervals (Practice)

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9 questions

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Jada measured the height of a plant in a science experiment and finds that, to the nearest \frac{1}{4} of an inch, it is 4\frac{3}{4} inches.

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The reading on a car’s speedometer has 1.6% maximum error. The speed limit on a road is 65 miles per hour.

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Question 4

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Question 6

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Water is running into a bathtub at a constant rate. After 2 minutes, the tub is filled with 2.5 gallons of water. Write two equations for this proportional relationship. Use w for the amount of water (gallons) and t for time (minutes). In each case, what does the constant of proportionality tell you about the situation?

Question 7

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Here is a shape with some measurements in cm.

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Question 1

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What is the largest the actual height of the plant could be?

Question 2

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What is the smallest the actual height of the plant could be?

Question 3

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How large could the percent error in Jada’s measurement be?

The speedometer reads 64 miles per hour. Is it possible that the car is going over the speed limit?

Question 5

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The speedometer reads 66 miles per hour. Is the car definitely going over the speed limit?

Noah picked 3 kg of cherries. Jada picked half as many cherries as Noah. How many total kg of cherries did Jada and Noah pick?

3+0.5 

3-0.5 

(1+0.5)\cdot3 

1+0.5\cdot3 

Question 8

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Complete the table showing the area of different scaled copies of the triangle.

Question 9

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Is the relationship between the scale factor and the area of the scaled copy proportional?