SFAW Mathematics Chapter 1  Lesson 1-9  Page 28  
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Lesson 1-9
  Key Idea
There is more
than one way to
estimate sums and
differences.
  Vocabulary
• front-end
   estimation
• rounding (p. 26)
Estimating Sums
and Differences
WARM UP
LEARN
  How can you estimate sums?
  Students at Skyline Elementary collected
  aluminum cans for recycling. About how
  many pounds of cans did they collect in all?
Recycling Cans
TEST TALK Example A
Estimate 398 + 257 + 285 + 318.
Jon used rounding.   Kylie used front-end estimation
   and adjusted the estimate.
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