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Nika baked three loaves of zucchini bread. Each loaf needed StartFraction 17 over 4 EndFraction cups of flour. Which expression shows the best estimate of the number of cups of flour that Nika used? 4 + 4 + 4 = 12 5 + 5 + 5 = 15 4 + 4 + 4 = 16 17 + 17 + 17 = 51

Answer 1

Explanation:

Nika baked three loaves of zucchini bread.

Each bread needed 17/4

17/4 simplified as a decimal is 4.25 or as a fraction 4/25

Answer 3

4 + 4 + 4 = 16

Why? Because 4/25 is NOT gonna be a whole number.

25/25 = 1.

So, saying that I picked the 3rd answer because 16 is closer to 25.

16 is over 4 so we have to look at the next place value. And 51 is more than 25.

Answer 2

4+4+4=12

Explanation:

Each cake needs cups of flour. Therefore, the best estimate of the number of cups of flour that Nika used to make the three loaves is:

4 + 4 + 4 = 12