Chelsea's guess of 85 plastic animals had a percent error of 2.3%.
Aziz's guess must have been 722 gumballs or 798 gumballs since his guess had a percent error of 5%. (The actual value could be either 722 or 798, depending on whether Aziz's guess was too high or too low.)
For this item, any answer that is not a whole number should be entered as a decimal, rounded to the nearest tenth.
The school library is having a competition for the book fair. Students must guess the number of plastic animals in a large jar, or the number of gumballs in another large jar. The students with the closest guess for each jar will win a free book.
Chelsea had the closest guess of 85 for the plastic animals, which actually had 87 plastic animals in the jar. Aziz had the closest guess with an error of 5% for the gumballs, which actually had 760 gumballs in the jar.
Use the given information to complete the following sentences.
Chelsea's guess of 85 plastic animals had a percent error of
%.
Aziz's guess must have been
gumballs or
gumballs since his guess had a percent error of 5%. (Note: place the smaller of the guesses in the first box.)
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