How do you estimate $5 1/3-3 5/6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-04T03:04:03

The estimate is $1$ , which is the result of $5-4 = 1$

We can also see the actual value will be greater than one $(>1)$
since $5 1/3 > 5 and 3 5/6 < 4$

Given: $5 1/3 - 3 5/6$

To estimate this expression we round off each term:

$5 1/3 is close to$ 5#

$3 5/6 is close to$ 4#

Then subtracting: $5-4 = 1$

Actual value is: $5 1/3 - 3 5/6 = 16/3 - 23/6 = 32/6 - 23/6 = 9/6 = 1 3/6 = 1 1/2$

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