Question

Use estimation to help you choose the correct answer. 0.945 x 7.6 =

Answer 1

Remark

The thing you must not do is write 7.182 as your answer. That is the exact answer found using a calculator.

What to do.

What you should do is multiply two rounded numbers together.

7.6 rounded is 8 roughly

0.945 is almost 1.

Your answer is 8*1 = 8 roughly. This skill is very handy when you are writing a test and you want to see if you've done the question correctly. It is easy to misplace a decimal or put in incorrect digits and this is a quick check on things like that.