Question 1(d)

Estimate the following using general rule:
28,292 – 21,496

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Solution

We can round off each term to its nearest thousand to make our calculation easy.

28292 can be rounded off to 28000.
21496 can be rounded off to 21000.
Hence, the estimated difference = 28000 - 21000 = 7000.

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Estimate the following using general rule:
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Estimate the following using general rule:
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