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Jake wants to estimate 15.92+0.85 . How can he use rounding to estimate the sum? What is the estimate?

User Tim Rourke
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Answer:

17

Explanation:

15.92 is close to 16

0.85 is close to 1

15.92 + 0.85 is close to 16 + 1

16 + 1 = 17

15.92 + 0.85 is approximately 17

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