Foundation June 2023 Paper 3 Q17
17 The number of people watching a football match is 30 000, correct to the nearest thousand.
(a) Complete the error interval for \(n\), the number of people watching the football match.\[\ldots\ldots\ldots \leqslant n \lt 30\,500\] [1]
(b) The number of people watching a rugby match is 30 500, correct to the nearest hundred.
Show that fewer people could be watching the rugby match than the football match. [2]
| Answer | Marks | Part marks and guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 500 | 1 | ||
| Answer | Marks | Part marks and guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accept any correctly matched pair of values in which rugby < football from these ranges rugby: 30 450 to 30 498 and football: 30 451 to 30 499 | 2 | B1 for one value for rugby or football in these ranges rugby from 30 450 to 30 498 or football from 30 451 to 30 499 | Error interval alone scores 0 Only mark candidate’s chosen value(s) Rugby < football does not need to be stated If a pair of values and rugby or football not stated assume the value on the left or below another is rugby For B1 if one or multiple values seen and no clear choice/designation all must be in range 30 451 to 30 498 |