Question

To deliver two letters, Maria starts from point A, which is 468 yards from her home. From point A, she goes to point B. If point B is 954 yards from her home, what is the approximate distance between point A and point B?

• A. 480 yd
• B. 414 yd
• C. 468 yd
• D. 470 yd

Answer 1

The correct option is A 480 yd


Distance between Maria’s home and point B = 954 yd
Distance between point A and point B = 468 yd

Since we have to find the approximate distance, we will round off the distances to the nearest tens as follows:
$953\approx 950$ and $468\approx 470$

We can also round off the numbers using a number hill:



To find the approximate distance between Maria’s home and point A, we subtract 470 from 950.


So, the distance between point A and point B is 480 yd.