There are three Petri dishes in the laboratory. The first one contains 22,340 cells in it. The second one contains 43,560 cells, and the last one contains 36,612. Approximately how many cells are there in total.
100,000
10,000
150,000
1,000,000
The approximate total number of cells is: 22,340 + 43,560 + 36,612 = 102,512 cells.
Therefore, the closest option to the total number of cells is 100,000 cells.