Is 8,000 a good estimate for the sum of 3,816 and 467? B.) If it is, explain why it is a good estimate. If it is not, explain why it is a bad estimate.

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Wzs · Answer 1 · 2020-04-22T06:33:28+0000

Terrible estimate.
3816 can be rounded to 4000 and 467 can be rounded to 500. Adding 4000+500 gives 4500, which isn't near 8000.

Swelljoe · Answer 2 · 2020-04-25T01:16:36+0000

Answer:

4,500

The given estimate is bad.

Explanation:

We are determine whether 8,000 is a good estimate for the sum of 3,816 and 467 or not.

First of all, we will round both numbers and then find the sum as:

$3,816\approx 4,000$

$467\approx 500$

Estimated sum:
4,000+500=4,500

B. The given estimate is not good estimate because is far away from the actual sum.

The estimate is bad because the numbers are not rounded correctly.