Question

2. Ms. MacDowell is buying her class of 27 students end-of-year gifts. Each gift costs $3.39,including tax. About how much is Ms. MacDowell spending on gifts for her students? Use rounding to estimate.

Answer 1

Ms. MacDowell can estimate she will spend about $81 on end-of-year gifts for her class of 27 students by rounding the cost of each gift to $3 and multiplying by the number of students.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ms. MacDowell is buying gifts for her class of 27 students and wants to estimate the total cost. Each gift costs $3.39, but for the purpose of estimation, we can round this cost to the nearest dollar, which is $3.00 per gift. To estimate the total amount spent on gifts, we multiply the rounded cost per gift by the number of students:

• Number of students = 27
• Rounded cost per gift = $3.00

Total estimated cost = Number of students × Rounded cost per gift

Total estimated cost = 27 × $3.00 = $81.00

Therefore, Ms. MacDowell is estimated to spend about $81 on gifts for her students.