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7. Jake wants to estimate 15.92 +0.85.

How can he use rounding to estimate
the sum? What is the estimate?

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User Kdenney
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Answer:17

Explanation:

he can either round up .85 to 1 and 15.92 to 16 and add from there or round up the answer when you don’t estimate

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User Jeff Pentagon
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He can round 0.85 up, because its over .50.

He can round 15.92 up, because it is also over .50.

16 + 1 = 17 is the estimate.

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User Sufia
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