MATHEMATICS

Estimation and Rounding 3

Session Name: Estimate products

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Key Concepts
• Estimate products by rounding

Recall:
Let's review our subtraction, as well as estimating difference, through an engaging activity and by
answering the following questions:
Activity:
Complete the following table.

Solution:

Questions:
1. Estimate the difference by rounding to the highest value of the digit 77-33.

2. Estimate the difference by rounding to the highest value of the digit 45-22.

3. Estimate the difference by rounding the numbers to the nearest hundred: 627-522

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4. In a cupboard there are a total of 43 boxes out of which 16 are blue boxes and, the rest are red.
Calculate the total number of red boxes by estimating their difference.

Answers:
1. 50
2. 30
3. 100
4. 20 red boxes

Introduction:
In a bakery, a tray had some chocolate cupcakes. 4 customers visited the bakery. Each one of them
ordered 18 chocolate cupcakes to be packed to take home for their family. The bakery owner
quickly estimated the number of cookies to be packed by estimating the product. He noticed the
number of cupcakes in a tray was 82 that were enough to serve 4 customers. What number he must
have estimated for cupcakes to be packed?
Could you understand why the bakery owner used estimation to check the number of cookies to be
packed?
Could you explain the way or steps to estimate the product?

How does the estimation help the bakery owner?

How can we estimate the product?
What are the ways to estimate the product?

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During this session, we will learn various approaches to estimation and rounding, specifically
focusing on estimating products.

ESTIMATE
• An estimate is an approximate calculation or rounding of the number to the nearest place
value.
• Estimation is a rough calculation of the actual value, number, or quantity close enough to the
correct value to make calculations easier.
ESTIMATE PRODUCT
Step 1: Rounding the factors.
Step 2: Find a product that is close to the exact answer.

ROUNDING RULES
Rule1:
• If the number you are rounding is followed by the number 5 or more than 5, round the
number up.

• Example: 27 rounded to the nearest ten is 30.

Rule 2:
• If the number you are rounding is followed by the number less than 5, round the number
down.

• Example: 13 rounded to the nearest ten is 10.

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Example 1:
Estimate the product. Round the second factor to the nearest ten, and then multiply.
6 × 53
Solution:
Step 1:
Round the second factor to the nearest ten.

Step 2:
Multiply to get the product.
6 ×50 = 300
So, the estimated product is 300.

Example 2:
The Leeds Hotel has 7 floors, with 39 rooms on each floor. A hotel guest works out that the hotel has
163 rooms. Does that sound about right?
Solution:
The number of floors =7
The number of rooms on each floor = 39
The total number of rooms = 7 ×39

= 7 × 40
= 280
The hotel has about 280 rooms.
So, 163 is much too low, the estimation is not right.

TRY IT!
Question 1:

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A train made 12 trips last month. Each trip was 112 miles long. Estimate the total distance that the
train travelled last month.
Solution:
Step 1:Round each number to the nearest ten.
The train had 12 trips and each trip was 112 miles long.

The train had approximately 10 trips, and they were approximately 110 miles long.
Step 2:Multiply to get the product.
10 ×110 = 1100
So, 1100 is the best estimation of the total distance travelled by the train.

Exercise:
1. What is the estimated product of 24 and 5?

2. What is the estimated product of 7 and 14?

3. There are 52 books on the shelf. If there are three shelves, how many total books are there?
Estimate the product.

4. If each student has 7 pencils, and there are 5 students in a class, what is the estimated total
number of pencils?

5. Sally wants to buy a toy that costs $8. She estimates that she will buy 5 of them. Estimate the
total cost.

6. There are 9 tickets for a movie, and each ticket costs $7. Estimate the total cost for all the
tickets.

7. Estimate: 632 ×13

8. Estimate by rounding the factors to the nearest hundred: 121 ×168

9. In a basket, there are 56 oranges. If there are 12 baskets in the store, how many oranges are
there? (Estimate the product)

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10. The text message has 15 emojis. Estimate the total number of emojis exchanged in a week by
a person who sends 3 messages every day.

Concept Summary

What we have learnt:

• Understand estimation.
• Understand how to estimate products.
• Solve word problems on estimating products

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