Question

There are $672$ apples in a basket. $231$ apples are rotten and $127$ apples are unripe. Approximately how many apples are available to be eaten?

Answer 1

We need to find the approximate value.

• To find an approximate number, we can use estimation.
• Let us estimate the answer by rounding off the numbers to the nearest ten.
• $672\approx 670,231\approx 230,$ and $127\approx 130$

To find the approximate number of apples available to be eaten:

• Step 1: We first subtract $230$ from $670$, and later
• Step 2: We subtract $130$ from the difference in step $1$

For step 1:

• Let “g” represent the approximate number of apples available after removing the rotten apples

Hence, $670-230=$ g

• We subtract $230$ from $670$ using the vertical method.

For step 2:
We subtract $130$ from $440$.
Let “h” represent the number of apples available to be eaten.



Hence, $440-130=h$

• We subtract $130$ from $440$ using the vertical method

• There are approximately $310$ apples that are available to be eaten.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.