Final answer:
To estimate the product of 2 3/5 and 2 1/3, you would round each number to the nearest whole number, resulting in 3 and 2 respectively, and then multiply them to get an estimated product of 6.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is asking to approximate the product of 2 3/5 × 2 1/3 by rounding each factor to the nearest whole number before multiplying.
First, we round the factors:
2 3/5 rounds to 3 (since 3/5 is 0.6 which is closer to 1).
2 1/3 rounds to 2 (since 1/3 is approximately 0.333, which is closer to 0).
Now we multiply the rounded numbers:
3 × 2 = 6
Therefore, the product of 2 3/5 and 2 1/3 after rounding to the nearest whole numbers is approximately 6.