Question

The store,s rectangular floor is 42 meters long and 39 meters wide. How many square meters of flooring do they need? Use estimation to assess the reasonableness of you answer.

Answer 1

First multiply, so 42 x 39, which equals 1,638, then estimate, round 42 to 40, and 39 to 40, and do 40 x 40 = 1,600 which is close to your answer, so good.