What is the estimate of 2/9 x 17 1/2?
My estimate is between 5 and 6.
what is 918 out of 3400? Pls explain.
To estimate the product of 2/9 and 17 1/2, we can round the values to make the multiplication easier.
First, let's round 2/9 to the nearest whole number. To do this, we divide 2 by 9, which is approximately 0.2222. Since the fraction is less than 1/2, we round down to 0.
Next, let's round 17 1/2. The whole number part, 17, remains the same. For the fraction, 1/2, we can either round up or down. Since it is exactly 1/2 and can be seen as halfway between 0 and 1, we round it to the nearest whole number, which is 2. Therefore, 17 1/2 rounds to 18.
Now, we multiply the rounded values: 0 x 18 = 0.
So, the estimate of 2/9 x 17 1/2 is approximately 0.