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estimate answers to calculations |
Check that answers to problems are sensible.
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know how to approximate numbers by rounding and use in approximate calculations
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understand that a knowledge of context enables 'guessing' at answers (e.g. it should be about . . .), or judging if answers are sensible (e.g. that's far too big; it doesn't make sense to have an answer less than 1, etc.)
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