Whole Number Estimation in Word Problems
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Objective
I can estimate to find about how much the answer will be when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing whole numbers in word problems.
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Warm-up video
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Practice
7 questions
Explain in your own words why we round numbers when estimating.
Round 12,783 to the nearest thousand. Show your work.
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Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“A store sold 1,876 apples in January and 3,225 apples in February. About how many apples did the store sell in total during those two months? A farmer harvested 6,342 oranges from one field and 2,891 oranges from another field. About how many more oranges did the farmer harvest from the first field than the second field? ”
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