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GCSE Maths: Rounding: highest/lowest

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  1. A number is 230 to the nearest 10. What is the lowest possible value?

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    225. When rounding to the nearest 10, any number from 225 to 234 rounds to 230.

  2. A number is 230 to the nearest 10. What is the highest possible value?

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    234. When rounding to the nearest 10, any number from 225 to 234 rounds to 230.

  3. A whole number rounds to 600 when rounded to the nearest 100. What is the smallest possible number?

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    550. Any whole number from 550 to 649 rounds to 600 when rounded to the nearest 100.

  4. A whole number rounds to 600 when rounded to the nearest 100. What is the largest possible number?

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    649. Any whole number from 550 to 649 rounds to 600 when rounded to the nearest 100.

  5. A number is 44,000 to the nearest 1000. What is the lowest possible value?

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    43,500. When rounding to the nearest 1000, any number from 43,500 to 44,499 rounds to 44,000.

  6. A number is 2,500 to the nearest 100. What is the greatest possible value?

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    2,549. When rounding to the nearest 100, any number from 2,450 to 2,549 rounds to 2,500.

  7. There are 60 pencils per tub (to nearest 10) and 8 tubs are given out. What is the lowest possible total number of pencils?

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    440. The lowest possible per tub is 55, so 55 × 8 = 440.

  8. A population is 1.9 million to the nearest hundred thousand. What is the lowest possible population?

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    1,850,000. When rounding to the nearest hundred thousand, values from 1,850,000 to 1,949,999 round to 1.9 million.

  9. A population is 1.9 million to the nearest hundred thousand. What is the greatest possible population?

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    1,949,999. When rounding to the nearest hundred thousand, values from 1,850,000 to 1,949,999 round to 1.9 million.

  10. An amount is $12,000 to the nearest hundred. What is the least possible amount?

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    $11,950. When rounding to the nearest hundred, amounts from $11,950 to $12,049 round to $12,000.

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