SOLUTION: 1.4Please I need help I am a 63 year old male with two granddaug. Tring to do this all by myself. Been out of school 40 years. Here is the question:( Subtract Decimals) Subtract

Question 9341: 1.4Please I need help I am a 63 year old male with two granddaug. Tring to do this all by myself. Been out of school 40 years.
Here is the question:( Subtract Decimals) Subtract "Remember to estimate." 6.38
-1.44
What gets me is the ESTIMATE
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think they want you to round off to make the math (arithmetic) easier.

If you round off to 6.4 - 1.4, you get approximately 5. I think that's what they mean by "estimate."

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