Question

In the 2011 New York City Marathon, 29,867 men finished the race, and 16,928 women finished the race. Each finisher was given a t-shirt. About how many men's shirts were given away? About how many women's shirts were given away?

Answer 1

Answer: About 30,000 men's shirts were given away.

About 17,000 women's shirts were given away.

Explanation:

In the 2011 New York City Marathon, 29,867 men finished the race, and 16,928 women finished the race.

Each finisher was given a t-shirt.

Then, the number of men's shirts were given away= Number of men finished the race=
`29,867\approx30,000`

The number of women's shirts were given away= Number of women finished the race=
`16,928 \approx17000`

Answer 2

30,000 shirts for the men and 17,000 shirts for the women