Question

Karita had 138.72 in her checking account. She wrote checks for 45.23 and 18.00. Then she made a deposit of 75.85 into her account. What's the best estimate for how much money is in karitas account now?

Answer 1

you need to round all the numbers.
140
-45
-20
___
75. +75= 150

Answer 2

The best estimates is $150

Explanation:

The initial value in her account was 138.72

She wrote checks, so this are debits. So, you have to substract the values of the checks from the initial number.

`138.72-45.23-18=75.49`

Then she made a deposit of 75.85, a deposit is credit value, so you have to add this number to the account value.

`75.49+75.85=151.34`

Estimated ammount of money on karitas account is $150.