Question

Mrs. Washington is at the grocery store. For a family New Year’s Day dinner, she buys black-eyed peas that cost $4.79, pork that costs $33.54, and rice that costs $12.67. About how much money does Mrs. Washington spend at the grocery store? Will the actual cost be more or less than your estimate? Explain. Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer: About 49$, and the answer would be more.

Explanation:

So the peas cost 4.79$, which I have rounded it to 4(eliminating the decimals) then I did the same thing for the other numbers. 33.54$ to 33$ and 12.67$ to 12$

4+33+12=49

But we still got the decimals left, which is why the exact answer for the question will be more, because we have rounded the numbers to be less than they actually are.