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Question

There are 74 coconut cookies and 48 chocolate cookies in a jar. Estimate the total number of cookies.

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125
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130
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100
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120
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Solution

The correct option is D 120
We can estimate the total number of cookies by rounding off the numbers to the nearest tens.

74 rounds off to 70 as 74 is close to 70 than to 80.
48 rounds off to 50 as 48 is close to 50 than to 40.

Therefore, total number of cookies = 70 + 50 = 120

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