Question

Cherries cost $5.68 a pound. Will $20 be enough to buy a 4.1-pound bag of cherries?

Explain how to determine whether $20 is the correct estimate of the product of $5.68(4.1).
please help me,,

Answer 1

Do you know what 5 * 4 is ?

Answer 2

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Do you know what 5 * 4 is ?
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yes

Answer 3

What is it?

Answer 4

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What is it?
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20

Answer 5

Good!

So 5 times 4 equals 20

Now, we have this bag of cherry that costs 5.68 dollars per pound
and we're buying 4.1 pounds

so the total cost is going to b 5.68 * 4.1

Is 5.68 bigger than 5?
Is 4.1 bigger than 4?

What do you think 5.68 * 4.1 is going to be?

Basically, Is it going to be more than 20 or less than 20?

Answer 6

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @AZ
Good!

So 5 times 4 equals 20

Now, we have this bag of cherry that costs 5.68 dollars per pound
and we're buying 4.1 pounds

so the total cost is going to b 5.68 * 4.1

Is 5.68 bigger than 5?
Is 4.1 bigger than 4?

What do you think 5.68 * 4.1 is going to be?

Basically, Is it going to be more than 20 or less than 20?
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possibly more then 20?

Answer 7

Exactly! Both of the numbers are bigger so that means when you multiply them, it'll be more than 20

so do you think having 20 dollars is enough to buy something that costs more than 20 dollars?

Answer 8

(also you don't need to quote me each time you reply)

Answer 9

(lmao okay,, sorry-)) Ahh Okay,, That makes sense now,, and no 20 dollars wouldn't be enough to buy something that costs more then 20 dollars,, Thanks for your help!!

Answer 10

No problem!!

(it's just that quoting the message tags the user and so it just gives an extra notification even though I'm already viewing the post and also if I'm not viewing the post, then I'll get a notification anyway that you responded)

Answer 11

(Ah okay,,)

Answer 12

(It definitely has its use if you need to use it but it can become a little too much when done for each message. Also I like how we're talking in parenthesis haha)

So yeah, $20 won't be enough. And to explain the answer to the second question, you can talk about how 20 is the correct estimation since 5 * 4 = 20 but we're underestimating since both numbers are bigger than 5 and 4

Answer 13

(Ah okay,, sorry I'm a bit new to this website- and yeah lmao) Ahh okay,,

Answer 14

No worries, and welcome to QuestionCove!!

Answer 15

Thanks!! ^w^