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Is 2,750 a reasonable answer for 917 x 33 ? explain.

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The answer to this question is no.

When you multiply 33 and 917, you get 30,261, which is far greater than 2,750. Therefore making 2,750 an unreasonable answer.

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User Ziumin
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No.

Rounded to 1 significant digit (as appropriate for estimating), the problem becomes

... 900 × 30 = 27,000

The numbers have a total of 3 zeros, so their product will have 3 zeros. The offered result is off by a factor of more than 10.

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