Question

Shen’s mother gave him $10 to go buy groceries. He picked up a gallon of milk for $3.49, three pounds of oranges that cost $1.14 per pound, and a box of cereal for $3.46. Shen used front-end estimation to determine whether he had enough money for the groceries. How much did he estimate the total cost would be?

Answer 1

9$

Explanation:

$3.49 rounds to 3 dollars since it is not half of a dollar. If it was $3.50 (which is half of a dollar) it would round to 4 dollars, but it isn't so it just rounds to $3. $1.14 rounds to one dollar, but since there were three of them there will be a total of three dollars (approximately) in oranges. $3.46 rounds to $3. Add all three estimates together and you get 9 dollars :)