Question
i need help with word problems dealing with estimation
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Ms. Sue
Please post a couple of your problems and we'll be glad to help you.
Caleb
James,Max,and Melba collect baseball cards.James has 870 cards,Max has 569 cards,and Melba has 812 cards.Do the three friends have more than 2,000 baseball cards?
Ms. Sue
In an estimation problem, you need to round the numbers to get numbers that are easy to add in your head. You could round each number to the nearest 100 -- so you'd add 900 + 600 + 800.
Is the sum more than 2,000?
Is the sum more than 2,000?