Estimation: past paper questions

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• Question 13May/June 2026, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the value of (9.57 × 3.84)/(6.72 + 1.13) By writing each…

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• Question 19Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of (5.3 × 19.5)/2.49 .

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured1 mark

  Write 6475 correct to the nearest ten.

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• Question 11Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured1 mark

  Write 0.03682 correct to 2 significant figures.

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• Question 21May/June 2026, paper 13Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of $$\frac{341\times 0.47}{9.8}$$ .

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Write 17469 correct to the nearest ten.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 31Structured12 marks

  Write the number six million and thirty in figures.

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• Question 18Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of $$\frac{36.9+24.2}{3.8-1.2}\mathrm{.}$$ You must show all your working.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured4 marks

  Write the number 83042 in words.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Write 24.07839 correct to 2 decimal places

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• Question 17May/June 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of (42.8 + 17.4)/(1.97 × 5.79) .

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2024, paper 33Structured15 marks

  Write the number 845024 in words.

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• Question 2May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Write 3752 correct to the nearest 10

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• Question 17May/June 2025, paper 12Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of $$\frac{17.8+10.3}{5.5}$$.

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• Question 14May/June 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of $$\frac{28.2-5.6}{4.2\times 1.68}\mathrm{.}$$ You must show all your working.

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• Question 14May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, work out an estimate for the value of $$\frac{6.7\times 2.1}{18-5.9}\mathrm{.}$$ You must show all your working.

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• Question 13May/June 2025, paper 13Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of 62.5/(9.7 × 0.52) .

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• Question 12May/June 2024, paper 12Structured1 mark

  Write 0.04628 correct to 2 significant figures.

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• Question 13May/June 2023, paper 13Structured2 marks

  By writing each number in the calculation correct to 1 significant figure, find an estimate for the value of $$\frac{6.8\times 10.6}{3.2-0.98}\mathrm{.}$$ You must show all your working.

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• Question 4May/June 2024, paper 13Structured3 marks

  Write 164703 correct to the nearest thousand.

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• Question 1May/June 2023, paper 32Structured14 marks

  Write the number three hundred thousand and three in figures.

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