Multiplying Decimals

Ms.Moore went to the store and bought 9 packs of water bottles for $3.37 each. About how much did she spend?

What should we round $3.37 to.... which is it closest too?

Ms.Moore went to the store and bought 9 packs of water bottles for $3.37 each. About how much did she spend?

If we round to $3 what should our answer be closer to?

Ms.Moore went to the store and bought 9 packs of water bottles for $3.37 each. About how much did she spend?

Is this an over or under estimate?

Jewls goes shopping for birthday decorations. She buys 12 goodie bags for $8.75 each. About how much will this cost her?

Mr.Keady goes to the store to buy chicken for a family BBQ. He buys 4.3 pounds of chicken. Each pound costs $1.23. About how much does he spend on chicken?

Luke runs 13.2 miles per week. If he runs the same amount of miles for 8 weeks how many miles will ha have run? (THIS IS AN EXACT AMOUNT THERE IS NO ABOUT)

Now that we know the estimate lets find the EXACT AMOUNT

Allie goes on a trip to pick apples. She buys 16 pounds of apples to make apple pies. Each pound costs $3.65. About how much money did she spend on apples?

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Justin goes to the store to buy packs of water. He buys 14 packs for $8.76 each. About how much money does he spend on water?