Question

Jamie is saving $50 per month from his pay check to buy a new video game system. The system costs $325, the controller costs $53, the power adapter costs $33 and the total cost of two games is $71. Use front-end estimation to estimate the cost of all the items. Then, choose the best estimate of the number of months it will take Jamie to save enough money to pay for all of the items.

Answer 1

Answer: D 9

Explanation:

Answer 2

Using front estimation, the cost of all the items is $450 and it will take 9 months to save enough

Explanation:

Here, firstly we want to use front-end estimation to estimate the cost of all the items.

So we want to use front end estimation to add;

325 + 53 + 33 + 71

Thus; 325 becomes 300, 53 becomes 50, 33 becomes 30

while 71 becomes 70

So the estimated total will be;

300 + 50 + 30 + 70 = 450

Now , since he saves $50 per month, the number of months it will take = 450/50 = 9 months