Question

Addy predicted that there were 1,052 students in her school. When she asked the

principal, she found out there were only 988 students at her school. Calculate the
percent error.

Answer 1

6% Error

Explanation:

Answer 2

6.48%

Explanation:

estimate: 1052

real: 988

percent error = (estimate - real)/real × 100%

percent error = (1052 - 988)/988 × 100%

percent error = 6.48%