Question

follow principles of estimation to find an approximate value.
round each number so that there is one nonzero digit
do not find the exact value
73 long division 713,357
thanks in advance

Answer 1

you want to estimate 713,357 divided by 73?

okay, round each number so that there is one nonzero digit. what is 713,357 rounded to the nearest 100,000? what is 73 rounded to the nearest 10? divide the first of those by the second (it should be quite easy) and you'll have your approximate value.

Answer 2

thanks will try that and hope it works :)

Answer 3

no need to hope. just do it! what's your answer?

Answer 4

700,000/70,000 = 100,000

Answer 5

sorry for delay someone at door

Answer 6

no problem, but the division was incorrect, and so was the rounding :-(

713,357 rounds to 700,000 — that's right
73 does not round to 70,000
700,000/70,000 does not equal 100,000, it equals 10

what is 73 rounded to the nearest 10?

Answer 7

70

Answer 8

so answer is 10,000

Answer 9

Bingo!

Answer 10

and if you actually did the original division, the answer is about 9772.01, so 10,000 is a pretty good estimate.

Answer 11

off by about 2.3%

Answer 12

so hit to many zeros brain fried now

Answer 13

thanks for easy explanation well it was once my brain defrosted :)

Answer 14

where are you having your brain frozen? upper midwest?

Answer 15

my sister is a school teacher in the Minneapolis area who has been enjoying the extreme cold this winter because it's gotten her a few extra "vacation" days :-)

Answer 16

Zimmerman, MN

Answer 17

nice to have those extra days

Answer 18

thanks for all help

Answer 19

enjoy y our week end

Answer 20

hot 1 for yiu niceeee

Answer 21

you