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H.4 Estimate products word problems: identify reasonable answers
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For an art project, the fourth-grade students at Blue Valley Elementary School are making a rainbow out of tissue paper. There are 48 students in fourth grade, and each one will need 8 pieces of tissue paper. The art teacher works out that the students will need 224 pieces of tissue paper altogether. Does that sound about right?
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No. 48 × 8 = 384, so the class needs 384 pieces, not 224.
Estimate check: round 48 to 50 → 50 × 8 = 400, which is close to 384. The teacher’s 224 is way too low (384 − 224 = 160), so 224 is not reasonable.