✩ Estimating differences of money

Round the numbers to the leading digit. Estimate the differences.

$8.75 → $9 $61.47 → $60

– $5.10 → – $5 + $35.64 → – $40
is about $4 is about $20

Round the numbers to the leading digit. Estimate the differences.

$17.90 → $6.40 → $87.45 →

– $12.30 → – $3.75 → – $54.99 →
is about is about is about

$34.90 → $8.68 → $363.24 →

– $12.60 → – $4.39 → – $127.66 →
is about is about is about

$78.75 → $64.21 → $723.34 →

+ $24.99 → – $28.56 → – $487.12 →
is about is about is about

Round the numbers to the leading digit. Estimate the differences.

$8.12 – $1.35 $49.63 – $27.85

→ = → =

$7.50 – $3.15 $85.15 – $42.99

→ = → =

$5.85 – $4.75 $634.60 – $267.25

→ = → =

$37.35 – $16.99 $842.17 – $169.54

→ = → =

$56.95 – $20.58 $628.37 – $252.11

→ = → =

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