Froggy Jumps Errors in MeasurementVersion en ligne Students should be able to learn how to calculate the absolute errors and maximum absolute errors. par Mr. CHING WAI HO 1 Four boys measure the length of a pencil. The following table shows their measurements. If the actual length of the pencil is 11.06 cm, whose measurement is the most accurate? a Peter b Ken c David 2 Edan measures the length of a pencil with the ruler below. Find the length of the pencil. a 4 cm (cor. to the nearest cm) b 4.4 cm (cor. to the nearest 0.1 cm) c 4.8 cm (cor. to the nearest 0.2 cm) 3 The figure below shows a protractor. Find the maximum absolute error of a measurement taken with the protractor. a 0.5 b 1 c 5 4 Which of the following gives a maximum absolute error of 5 cm? a 320 cm (cor. to 2 sig. fig.) b 1320 cm (cor. to the nearest 5 cm) c Scale interval = 5 cm 5 Billy uses the measuring cylinder in the figure to measure the volume of a liquid. Find the maximum absolute error of the measurement. a 2.5 mL b 5 mL c 10 mL