W hen we have to do an operation mentally often we do not need the exact result but an estimate of the outcome. 0108 is close to one-tenth so 0108 50 is close to one-tenth of 50 or about 5. The numbers in the problem have to be added together and then divided.
For example you may know that 40 percent of your paycheck will go to taxes and you want to find out how much money that is.
What can QuickMath do. When it comes to estimating in math there is a general rule for you to follow. This is where you make a long number simpler by rounding or expressing in terms of the nearest unit ten hundred tenth or a certain number of decimal places. Provide clues for your estimation jars.