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Estimating Prices

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Students practice making reasonable estimates. In this consumer math, students round purchase prices of items to estimate the total cost. Students practice using metal computations to arrive at estimates.

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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr

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