There are 250 toothpicks. Creating a small pyramid takes 3 tooth picks, you can create 83 small pyramids with those 250 toothpicks with 1 toothpick left over.
Making an estimation of how many levels you will make with all the toothpicks and Writing down an answer that is too high and too low, Too high: 40 levels, Too low: 10 levels. Defend your estimations (How Too high and Too low is CORRECT) using 3 complete sentences and show all of your mathematical thinkings
Too High: 40 levels - This estimation is too high because if each small pyramid uses only 3 toothpicks, creating 40 levels would require 40 * 3 = 1200 toothpicks. Since there are only 250 toothpicks available, it is not possible to create 40 levels of small pyramids.
Too Low: 10 levels - This estimation is too low because if each small pyramid uses 3 toothpicks, creating 10 levels would require 10 * 3 = 30 toothpicks. Since there are 250 toothpicks available, it is possible to create more than 10 levels of small pyramids.
Therefore, creating around 20 levels of small pyramids is a more accurate estimation because 20 levels * 3 toothpicks/level = 60 toothpicks, leaving 250 - 60 = 190 toothpicks for extra pyramids. This estimation is between the too high and too low estimates and takes into account the total number of toothpicks available.