Question

Oliver has five pieces of string that are each 4 2/12 feet long destiny has four pieces of string that are each five 14/16 ft long use an estimation strategy to determine who has the most string choose the name and number to complete the statement A Oliver B destiny is estimated to have 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 more feet of string

Answer 1

To estimate who has more string, we'll round the lengths of the strings for Oliver and Destiny and then calculate the total.

**Oliver:**
Each piece of string is \(4 \frac{2}{12}\) feet long. First, let's simplify that:
\[
\frac{2}{12} = \frac{1}{6} \quad \text{(which is approximately } 0.17\text{)}
\]
So \(4 \frac{2}{12}\) can be rounded to about 4 feet.

He has 5 pieces of this string:
\[
5 \times 4 \approx 20 \text{ feet}
\]

**Destiny:**
Each piece of string is \(5 \frac{14}{16}\) feet long. First, we simplify that:
\[
\frac{14}{16} = \frac{7}{8} \quad \text{(which is approximately } 0.875\text{)}
\]
So \(5 \frac{14}{16}\) can be rounded to about 6 feet.

She has 4 pieces of this string:
\[
4 \times 6 \approx 24 \text{ feet}
\]

**Comparison:**
- Oliver estimates to have about 20 feet of string.
- Destiny estimates to have about 24 feet of string.

Thus, we can say that **Destiny** has more string.

### Statement:
**Destiny is estimated to have** \(24 - 20 = 4\) **more feet of string.**