Estimating quotients word prob. (decimals)

Estimating quotients word prob. (decimals)

Why Estimate?

When dealing with real world problems, it is faster and simpler if we estimate.

Examples of things we estimate every day:

- money

-time

-distance

Example 1

15 students from Ms. Estrada's class went to buy lunch together and spent $87.85. About how much money did each student spend?

Multiple Choice

How do we set up the problem?

• $15\div87.85$

• $87.85\div15$

• $87.85\times15$

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Estimate and solve

 $87.85\div15\approx$  

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Brynn drove for 10 hours from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The total distance is approximately 440 miles. Estimate the speed at which Brynn drove her car

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Damian bought 8 yards of cloth to make curtains for his house. He paid $67.12 total. About how many dollars did it cost to buy one yard of cloth?

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Jazmin read 242 pages of a book in 3.5 hours. About how many pages did Jazmin read per hour?