Question

Jake bought 14.5 pounds of dried navy beans for $25.52. Explain how to estimate the price per pound. What is the price per pound of the beans? Explain how you know that your answer is reasonable.

Answer 1

14.5 rounds to 15 and 25.52 rounds to 26.00 because each of there tenths place is .5 and above. If I divide my rounded numbers I get somewhere like 1.7. If I divide my regular numbers I get somewhere like 1.8. It’s only off by .10