Wade purchased a used motorcycle that had 1,141 miles on it. Later on, he sold the motorcycle when it had 6,094 miles on it. Wade calculates that he put 4,953 miles on the motorcycle. Is his calculation reasonable? Estimate the number of miles by rounding the numbers to check Wade's calculation.
Rounding 1,141 miles to the nearest hundred gives 1,100 miles, and rounding 6,094 miles to the nearest hundred gives 6,100 miles.
So, Wade purchased the motorcycle with 1,100 miles and sold it with 6,100 miles.
The difference between 6,100 and 1,100 is 5,000 miles, which is close to Wade's calculation of 4,953 miles. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that Wade's calculation is accurate.