Question

This year consumers purchased 5,234,267,990 bottles of water. Last year

consumers purchased 1,000,900,999 bottles of water. Which is the best
estimate of the number of bottles sold this year and last year?
OA) 4,000,000,000
OB) 6,000,000,000
OC) 6,235,168,989
OD) 7,000,000,000

Answer 1

Answer: B

Explanation:

First, find the sum of the bottles, which is 6,235,168,989 which is not an estimate.

Rounding it to the nearest billion, the answer is 6,000,000,000 or B)