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Homework on Calculating Percent Deviation
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1. Write the equation for percent deviation.
2. What does "accepted value" mean?
3. A student weighed a rock and found its mass to be 30g. When checked, he found out that the rock really has a mass of 25g. What is the percent deviation?
4. Biff measured the table.
See Biff rule.
Biff measured 150cm.
He was wrong- what a fool!
175cm is the right measurementation.
What is Biff's percent deviation?
5. Muffy is a Space Cadet.
She orbited a planet pulling on a tape measure.
She measured the planet to be 14,504km in circumference.
The actual circumference is 14,564km. (No, this one doesn't rhyme.)
What is Muffy's percent deviation?
6. Yor was a Viking. He had to cut wood for a boat. Each piece was to be 22 cubits long but Yor measured them to be 21 cubits. (He forgot to carry the 1).
What was his percent deviation?
7. A nerd measured a square (get it? nerd...square).
He calculated the area of the square to be 144mm2.
If each side is really 11mm, what is the percent deviation of the calculated area?
Name:___________________ Period:________
Homework on Calculating Percent Deviation
Show all work for math problems
1. Write the equation for percent deviation.
2. What does "accepted value" mean?
3. A student weighed a rock and found its mass to be 30g. When checked, he found out that the rock really has a mass of 25g. What is the percent deviation?
4. Biff measured the table.
See Biff rule.
Biff measured 150cm.
He was wrong- what a fool!
165cm is the right measurementation.
What is Biff's percent deviation?
5. Muffy is a Space Cadet.
She orbited a planet pulling on a tape measure.
She measured the planet to be 14,604km in circumference.
The actual circumference is 14,564km. (No, this one doesn't rhyme.)
What is Muffy's percent deviation?
6. Yor was a Viking. He had to cut wood for a boat. Each piece was to be 23 cubits long but Yor measured them to be 21 cubits. (He forgot to carry the 1).
What was his percent deviation?
7. A nerd measured a square (get it? nerd...square).
He calculated the area of the square to be 144mm2.
If each side is really 13mm, what is the percent deviation of the calculated area?
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