Estimate Products
Examples, solutions, videos, worksheets, stories, and songs to help Grade 6 students learn how to estimate products by clustering and rounding.
How to estimate products using rounding?
- Round to the greatest place value digit.
- Multiply the non-zero digits.
- Write the number of zeroes in the rounded numbers on the end of the answer.
The following diagram shows an example of how to estimate products using rounding. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.
Round - then estimate the product
Learn to estimate greater products using rounding.
Example:
Round, then estimate the Product:
868 × 13
732 × 17
9,999 × 777
Estimating Products
Find an approximate value to the exact answer.
- 62 × 8
- 29 × 13
- 59 × 46
- 354 × 19
Estimating using Clustering
Front-End Estimation, Clustering, and using Compatible Numbers
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