Of the 482 graduating seniors at Palmdale High School, approximately 5/8 are going to college, and approximately 1/2 of those go
ing to college are going to an in-state school. Which of the following is the closest estimate for how many of the graduating seniors are going to an in-state school?
First, recognize that all the numbers can be moved around because they are being multiplied together. Next, rearrange the expression so that the whole-number coefficients are together:
Now try to simplify the square-roots to find any squares inside that can be reduced and taken out of the square-root: