Question

Yousef borrowed $1,690 last term for tuition, books, and student fees. This term he plans to borrow $2,345 because he knows his classes will be challenging and he doesn't want to work as much as last term. Estimate the amount of money Yousef will borrow by first rounding to the hundreds place.

A) $4040
B) $4000
C) $4035
D) $600

Answer 1

Yousef will estimate borrowing a total of $4,000(option B) after rounding the amounts he borrowed each term to the nearest hundred.

Step-by-step explanation:

To estimate the total amount of money Yousef will borrow for the two terms, we first round each term's borrowed amount to the nearest hundred.

For the first term, Yousef borrowed $1,690, which rounds to $1,700. For the second term, he plans to borrow $2,345, which rounds to $2,300.

We then add these two rounded figures together: $1,700 + $2,300 equals $4,000.

Therefore, the estimated total amount of money Yousef will borrow over the two terms is $4,000.

Based on the provided options, the correct answer is B) $4,000.