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?

• $15\div87.85$

• $87.85\div15$

• $87.85\times15$