Estimate products

Key notes :

🔹 What is Estimation?

Estimation means finding a number close to the exact answer. It helps us do calculations quickly and check if our answers make sense.

🔹 Estimating Products

When we estimate products, we do not multiply exactly. Instead, we round the numbers to the nearest tens, hundreds, or thousands, and then multiply.

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🔹 Steps to Estimate Products

• Look at the numbers.
• Round each number to the nearest 10, 100, or 1000.
• Multiply the rounded numbers.
• The answer is the estimated product.

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🔹 Examples

• Exact multiplication:
• 47×32=150447 \times 32 = 150447×32=1504 Estimation:
• Round 47≈5047 \approx 5047≈50, 32≈3032 \approx 3032≈30
• 50×30=150050 \times 30 = 150050×30=1500 ✅ Estimated product = 1500

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• Example with larger numbers:
• 456×298456 \times 298456×298 Round 456≈500456 \approx 500456≈500, 298≈300298 \approx 300298≈300
• 500×300=150,000500 \times 300 = 150,000500×300=150,000 ✅ Estimated product = 150,000

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🔹 Why is Estimating Products Important?

✔ Saves time in daily life.
✔ Helps in mental math.
✔ Useful for checking if exact answers are reasonable.
✔ Needed in shopping, budgeting, construction, and measurements.

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🔹 Quick Practice

Estimate the following:

• 68×4168 \times 4168×41
• 123×397123 \times 397123×397
• 789×212789 \times 212789×212

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👉 Key Tip: Always round numbers to the place value that makes multiplication easier.

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