← 3.6 Approximations and Errors

Errors, accuracy and the customer

Mathematics · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes

Close the strand by seeing what a small percentage error costs once it is multiplied or repeated.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Approximating a measurement
  2. Finding the error
  3. Percentage error
  4. Errors, accuracy and the customer