Question

Which of the following is a reasonable estimated answer to the following problem?

989,867 ÷ 999

*10
*100
*1,000
*10,000

Help please?

Answer 1

1,000

I did it in my math wok and got it correct

Answer 2

`989,867 \approx 1,000,000`

`999 \approx 1000`


`\implies (989,867)/(999) \approx (1,000,000)/(1000)`

`(1,000,000)/(1000) = 1000`

So the answer is approximately 1000.