Question

Pilar wanted to use a estimation to solve a decimal addition problem. She correctly used estimation to rewrite the problem as 12 + 3 + 5 + 6. What could her original problem have been

Answer 1

After estimation of decimals problem is written as

=12+3+5+6

There are infinite ways of writing the original problem, i am writing few ways

1. 12.10 +2.95+5.05+6.06----Rounding tenth and Hundreth to nearest ones that is a whole number.

2. 12.25+3.05+4.75+6.42----Rounding tenth and Hundreth to nearest ones that is a whole number.