SOLUTION: Mia estimated 5/8 + 1/9 by replacing 5/8 with one and 1/9 with 0 her estimated sum was 1+0=1 explain why Mia's estimate is not accurate

Question 944913: Mia estimated 5/8 + 1/9 by replacing 5/8 with one and 1/9 with 0 her estimated sum was 1+0=1 explain why Mia's estimate is not accurate
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, josmiceli, MathLover1:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5/8 is not close to 1 in this context.
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If you want to be accurate, don't estimate.
Add the 2 numbers.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Note that is larger than this, and

So, is smaller than ,
which smaller than

Answer by MathLover1(20855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

take and ; is somewhere in between
, so round it to
, so round it to
Answer:
we are estimating that is approximately

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