Question

What is the estimate for 73,404+27,865

Answer 1

The answer of it after solving it is 101269.

Answer 2

101,000.

Explanation:

We are asked to find the estimate of given sum
`73,404+27,865`.

First of all, we will round both numbers to nearest thousands.

We can see that
`73,404` has 4 hundreds. Since hundreds place is less than 5, so we will round down to nearest thousands as:

`73,404\approx 73,000`

We can see that
`27,865` has 8 hundreds. Since hundreds place is greater than 5, so we will round up to nearest thousands as:

`27,865\approx 28,000`

The estimated sum would be:
`73,000+28,000=101,000`

Therefore, the estimated sum would be 101,000.