Foundation November 2020 Paper 1 Q1

EdexcelCurrent spec3 marksProperties of NumbersRounding

1 The table gives information about the amount of crude oil, in barrels, produced per day by each of six countries in 2015

CountryCrude oil produced per day
(number of barrels)
Australia322 300
Congo269 000
Gabon213 300
South Sudan220 000
Thailand248 200
Vietnam333 400
(a) Write down the name of the country that produced the least number of barrels of crude oil. (1)
(b) Work out the difference between the number of barrels of crude oil produced by Vietnam and the number of barrels of crude oil produced by Australia. (1)

Thailand produced 248 200 barrels of crude oil.

(c) Write 248 200 correct to the nearest thousand. (1)