Question

Estimated each difference to the nearest hundred 7258 - 2429

Answer 1

Given:

Estimated each difference to the nearest hundred 7258 - 2429

Solution:

Estimate means to round off the numbers. To find the estimation of the given numbers first we need to round off and then do the subtraction.

While estimating the numbers, we can round up one factor and rounded down the other factor.

Estimating is not the exact value but it's close to the actual value.

Rounding off:

7258 = 7300 (since right side place of hundreds digit is 5)

2429 = 2400 (since right side place of hundreds digit is less than 5)

Difference:

7300 - 2400 = 4900.

Hence, the estimated difference is 4900