Post on 18-Dec-2015
On a long haul flight an aeroplane flew 3123 miles in 8.4 hours. Work out an estimate of how many miles it flew each hour.
a) 4000 b) 40 c) 400
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Estimate the answer to this question. 54.6 x 2.91
a) 1650 b) 165 c) 16.5
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Martyn rode 287 kilometres in 11 days. Roughly how many kilometres did
he ride each day?
a) 30 b) 300 c) 3
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Estimate the answer to this question. 2.1 x 9.4 x 3.7
a) 75 b) 750 c) 0.75
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A square has edges of length 2.44cm. What is an estimate of the area?
a) 6cm² b) 60cm² c) 0.6cm²
Estimate the answer to this question. 935 x 29
a) 27000 b) 2700 c) 270
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At a theatre they sold 73 cups of coffee during the interval at 68p a cup. Estimate
the amount they took on coffee.
a) £5.00 b) £500 c) £50
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Estimate the answer to this question. 34.87 x 20.27
a) 70 b) 7000 c) 700
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At Dave’s ice cream stall he sold 223 ice creams at 67p each. Estimate how much his takings were that day.
a) £150 b) £15 c) £1.50
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Estimate the answer to this question. 3.14 x 7.92
a) 250 b) 25 c) 0.25
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