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Numbers lying between two given numbers Written questions 1. I spent around about £500 on chocolate last month, give or take £15.
2. The temperature yesterday was around 25ºC, give or take 7º.
3. A journey takes about 2 hours, give or take 10 minutes.
4. The height of the mountain was 25 000 km, give or take 5 km.
5. The distance to the crossroads is about 1km, give or take 100 metres.
6. The house is worth £45,000 give or take £2,000.
7. The cost of the shopping came to £24 to the nearest whole pound.
Extension Have a go at writing each of the questions in a mathematical form. Look at this example question to see what I mean. The film was 3 hours long, give or take 15 minutes. So the film could have been anything between 2 hours 45 minutes long (take away 15 minutes from 3 hours) or 3 hours 15 minutes (add 15 minutes to three hours). We can write this as: 2 hours 45 minutes ____ the length of the film ____ 3 hours 15 minutes |