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Kristin has 3 2/3 yards of plaid ribbon. She has 2 5/6 yards of polka - dot ribbon. Estimate how many yards of ribbon Kristin has in all. Explain how you know your estimate is reasonable.

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Explanation:

Kristin has 3 2/3 yards of plaid ribbon. Converting 3 2/3 yards to improper fraction, it becomes 11/3 yards of plaid ribbon.

She has 2 5/6 yards of polka - dot ribbon. Converting 2 5/6 yards to improper fraction, it becomes 17/6 yards of polka - dot ribbon.

The total number of yards of ribbon that Kristin has would be

11/3 + 17/6 = (22 + 17)/6 = 39/6 yards of ribbon.

Converting to decimal, it becomes 6.5 yards of ribbon. Approximating 6.5 to the nearest yards, it becomes 7 yards. This is because the first digit after the decimal point is 5 and thus, can be rounded up

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