Question

Whose approach will be closer to the original value?

• A. Alan
• B. Judy
• C. Both of them got the same answer.
• D. Cannot be determined

Answer 1

The correct option is B Judy

$\text{Donations collected in 1 week}=\$286$
$\text{So, donations collected in 164 weeks}$
$\text{will be}=\$286\times 164$

Rounding off the numbers to their nearest tens:


So, the final answer will be:


Rounding off the numbers to their nearest hundreds:

So, the final answer will be:


The actual answer will be:


On comparing the three results, we see:


So, Judy is correct in her approach.