An eighth of an inch.
for example you use a beam balance to find the mass of a rock sample for a science lab. you read the scale as 3.8g. what is your greatest possible error? well the rocks mass was measured to the nearest 0.1g, so the greatest possible error is one half of 0.1g he's right but here's the definition: one half of the unit of measurement to which the measure is being rounded. EX. the greatest possible answer of 3g is 1.5g If you have 3 cm, you are measuring to the nearest cm, so the greatest possibel error would be .5 cm.
Integers to the nearest hundred, 749.
The answer depends on the degree of rounding: to the nearest 2400000, it is a fraction less than 3600000.
The answer depends on the extent of rounding. It can be 13499, to the nearest 9000 or 9002 to the nearest 5..
No
There can be no such thing as a nearest fraction since, given any fraction, it is always possible to find a fraction that is nearer.
When measuring to the nearest quarter of an inch, the greatest possible error is half of the smallest unit of measurement, which is an eighth of an inch (0.125 inches). This means that the actual measurement could be up to 0.125 inches more or less than the measured value. Therefore, the range of possible values for any given measurement extends from 0.125 inches below to 0.125 inches above the measured value.
Assuming that the measurement is to the nearest 0.01, the greatest possible error is 0.005.
23,000 is already rounded to the nearest thousand, and is therefore the greatest possible value under the circumstances.
1.5% = 3⁄200
for example you use a beam balance to find the mass of a rock sample for a science lab. you read the scale as 3.8g. what is your greatest possible error? well the rocks mass was measured to the nearest 0.1g, so the greatest possible error is one half of 0.1g he's right but here's the definition: one half of the unit of measurement to which the measure is being rounded. EX. the greatest possible answer of 3g is 1.5g If you have 3 cm, you are measuring to the nearest cm, so the greatest possibel error would be .5 cm.
Integers that end in zero have an ambiguous number of significant digits: it is not possible to tell whether the number has been obtained by rounding to the nearest unit or nearest ten.Therefore, if you assume that the measure has been rounded to the nearest ten, the greatest possible error is 5 cm.
52499 to the nearest thousand.
The greatest possible error is 49. 147, rounded to the nearest 98 is 98 with an error of 49. Similarly, 49.0...1, rounded to the nearest 98 is 98 with an error of 48.999... recurring.
The answer depends on whether the measurements were to the nearest whole number or the nearest ten (or something else.
Integers to the nearest hundred, 749.
23,499