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Estimates by first rounding each number to the place value. 8.3×36

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We are asked to estimate the result of the given multiplication problem


8.3*36

As you can see, the number 8.3 is in decimal and we need to round it off to the nearest place value.

Let us round off 8.3 to 8


8*36=288

Therefore, the estimated result is 288

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