Question

Solve. Explain your answers in the box below.

a. Travis estimated the product of 602 and 341 to be 1,800. His work is shown below. Find and explain Travis's error.



600×300
6 hundreds × 3 hundreds =18 hundreds

600×300=1,800


b. Margaret said the exact product of 602 and 341 is 205,282. Is she correct? Use paper and the standard algorithm to support your reasoning.

Answer 1

Travis estimated the product of 602 and 341 to be 1,800. His work is shown below. Find and explain Travis's error. 600×300 6 hundreds × 3 hundreds =18 hundreds 600×300=1,800 b. Margaret said the exact product of 602

Explanation:

i hoped it was right!