Exploring Division Estimates Using Compatible Numbers

Exploring Division Estimates Using Compatible Numbers

Explore how adjusting numbers can create division expressions with whole-number quotients. Compare different estimates to find values close to a given quotient.


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Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Pregunta abierta 1

If you round one number up, would you get a closer estimated quotient if you round the other number up or down?

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Pregunta abierta 2

If you round one number down, would you get a closer estimated quotient if you round the other number up or down?

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Pregunta abierta 3

When the numbers are closer to the original numbers, is the estimated quotient closer or further from the actual quotient?

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