Question

Number Sense Bags of potatoes weigh

35 pounds each. Cases of onions weigh
| 19 pounds each. Estimate which weighs
more: 23 bags of potatoes or 32 cases
of onions?​

Answer 1

23 bags of potatoes weigh more.

Explanation:

What is larger:

23 * 35 or 19 * 32

19 is less than 23, and 32 is less than 35, so 23 * 35 must be greater than 19 * 32.

Answer: 23 bags of potatoes weigh more.