Question

If you use $63.00 divided by 9 to estimate $62.59 divided by 9, is $7.00 greater than or less than the exact answer? Explain

Answer 1

62.59 is less than 7.00 because when you divide 63.00 by 9 you get 7.00 ...and when you divide 62.59 by 9 you get 6.954444 which is less than 7.00