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100

A whole number?

What is any positive number that does not include a fraction or a decimal?

100

Macy earns $11.75 per hour for gardening. If she worked 23 hours this month, about how much did she earn?

What is about $240

100

Emilee has 204 pens. She bought them for $4.33 each. About how much money did Emilee spend on pens?

What is about 800

100

15 x $0.98

What is about 15

100

8.1 x 8?

What is about 16

200

A decimal number

What is contains a decimal point?

200

Matthew bought 87 Pokemon cards. Each card cost him $5.93. About how much money did Matthew spend?

What is about $87

200

Javier has 104 legos. He bought them for $0.33 each. About how much money did Javier spend on legos?

What is about 30

200

5 x $3.74

What is about 20

200

37 x 0.93

What is about 37

300

A product in mathematics

What is the result of two or more numbers when multiplied together

300

Louie picked 18 pounds of apples at the store. Each pound cost $2.18. About how much did Louie pay for the apples?

What is about 40

300

Daniel runs a total of 2.3 miles to and from school each day. If there have been 54 school days so far this year, about how many miles has he run in total?

What is about 55 miles

300

4 x $16.18

What is about 60

300

0.87 x 112

What is about 112

400
Estimating

What is roughly calculate or judge the value/number?

400

Goldie had $20. She spent $4.58 on Friday, $7.43 on Saturday, and $3.50 on Sunday. About how much money does she have left? 

What is about $3

400

Olive needs to buy 43 pounds of grapes. If the grapes are $3.15 per pound, about how much will the grapes cost?

What is about $135

400

200 x $33.05 

What is about $6,000

400

3.2 x 184

What is 600

500

Our topic for today

What is estimating the product of a decimal and a whole number

500

Mrs. Crosby works 4 days a week at her office and 1 day a week at home. The route to Mrs. Crosby's office is 23.7 miles. The route home is about 21.8 miles. About how many miles does she drive for work each week? 

What is about 200 miles

500

Mark needs 27 pieces of string for his toy project. Each piece must be 2.22 inches long. About how many inches of string does he need? 

What is about 60 inches

500

105 x $0.12

What is about 10

500

99.2 x 82

What is 8,000

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