Upper limit
What Upper limit means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The boundary that would round to the next value up.
The upper boundary of the interval of possible true values. For usual nearest rounding of positive measurements it is excluded, so it is not an attainable largest value.
Topics that use Upper limit
- Measures and accuracy (AQA GCSE)
- Number - Measures and accuracy (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Limits of accuracy
- Lower limit
- Applying bounds to real-life measurement problems
- Approximation by rounding
- calculating with bounds
- Checking technology-obtained answers
- compound measures
- Error interval
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