Final answer:
The estimated product of 87 and 325, by rounding to the nearest ten and hundred respectively, is 27,000, which is significantly lower than the original question's estimate of 132,000.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks for the estimated product of two numbers, 87 and 325. To estimate this, we can round the numbers to their nearest tens or hundreds and then multiply. Since 87 is close to 90 (rounded up to the nearest ten) and 325 is close to 300 (rounded down to the nearest hundred), we can multiply 90 by 300 to get an approximation of the product.
Let's do the calculation:
- Rounding 87 to the nearest ten, we get 90.
- Rounding 325 to the nearest hundred, we get 300.
- Multiplying these estimates, we get 90 x 300 = 27,000.
- Thus, the estimated product of 87 x 325 is 27,000.
The original question's estimate of 132,000 seems incorrect, as it is much larger than the estimate we calculated.