Powers of 10
Estimation
Decimal X Whole Number
Decimal X Decimal
Vocabulary
100

63.7 X 10

637

100

Estimate the answer:

104 X 0.33

30

100

4 X 0.27

1.08

100

0.5 X 0.7

0.35

100

When estimating, doing this means you estimate a number lower than the actual answer.

Underestimate

200

94.6 X 103

94,600

200

Estimate the answer: 

0.87 X 112

90

200

1.35 X 5

6.75

200

2.4 X 0.7

1.68

200

When estimating, doing this means you estimate a number higher than the actual answer.

Overestimate

300

681.7 X 104

6,817,000

300

Estimate the answer: 

0.12 X 105

10

300

0.35 X 3

1.05

300

0.2 X 0.8

0.16

300

Numbers that are easy to compute with mentally are called... (We used to call them "Friendly Numbers.")

Compatible numbers

400

0.629 X 10_?_ = 62.9

102

400

Estimate the answer: 

99.2 X 82

8,000

400

40 X 0.22

8.8

400

11.1 X 0.8

8.88

400

Products found by breaking one of two factors into ones, tens, hundreds, and so on, and then multiplying each of these by the other factor

Partial Products

500

1.23 = 10_?_ X 0.123

101

500

Estimate the answer: 

12 X 0.37

3.7 - 4

500

2.54 X 12

30.48

500

15.7 X .62

9.734

500

The number that tells how many times a base number is used as a factor

Exponent

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