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Question 56

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Estimate the answer by selecting the most reasonable price for each item without using pencil-and-paper or calculator arithmetic.
Match each amount below with the letter of the corresponding price or cost.

Premises:

Responses:

160

Estimate the cost of one wooden pencil (in dollars)

10

Estimate the cost of a graphing calculator (in dollars)

0.05

Estimate how much gas an average car can hold (in gallons)

1.25

Estimate the price of a 12-oz can of corn (in dollars)

Premises:

160

10

0.05

1.25

Responses:

Estimate the cost of one wooden pencil (in dollars)

Estimate the cost of a graphing calculator (in dollars)

Estimate how much gas an average car can hold (in gallons)

Estimate the price of a 12-oz can of corn (in dollars)

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

160

10

0.05

1.25