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How many jelly beans do you find? Don’t count―estimate!
If someone handed you a big bowl of jelly beans, how would you figure out how many there are? You could count them, one by one―or you could estimate. Do you see more than five jelly beans? Less than a million?
This unique book will show you how to train your eyes and your mind to make really great estimations―by making estimating into a game. Jelly beans are just the beginning!
This book can help you to understand the estimation strategies and it can be great fun to estimate all over the place.
Please note that the book does not have answers! It is an estimate so that there is not really a “right”answer.
We use estimation in Math when the exact answer to a problem is not required. The said problem can be resolved with an approximately realistic value. Estimating also helps us get the answer to a calculation faster. In this way, it saves time. This title has Common Core connections.
Great Estimations is a 2007 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year.
If you want to explore even greater numbers, you can check the book : Greater Estimations: A Fun Introduction to Estimating Large Numbers
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