Question

Yasmine estimated the difference of 87.71 and 5.8 by rounding each number to the nearest whole. What was Yasmine's estimate, and what is the actual difference of the numbers? Enter your answers in the boxes. Yasmine estimated the difference to be . The actual difference is

Answer 1

Answer:

Yasmine estimated the difference to be 82. The actual difference is 81.91.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rounded whole number of 87.71 is 88 and the rounded whole number of 5.8 is 6.

So, the difference between the numbers 87.71 and 5.8 by rounding each number to the nearest whole numbers will be

(88 - 6) = 82.

The actual difference between the numbers 87.71 and 5.8 is (87.71 - 5.8) = 81.91.

Therefore, Yasmine estimated the difference to be 82. The actual difference is 81.91. (Answer)