Demystifying - Estimating by rounding to one significant figure

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Estimating by rounding every value to one significant figure and working the simplified calculation exactly, including fraction-bar layouts like 48.6 times 2.9 over 0.51, and division by a decimal below one enlarging. Whether the estimate is high or low lives on over-under-estimates. Both tiers. (N14)

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