Name
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Date
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Estimating Your Groceries
1.Faith has $62.00 for grocery shopping. When shopping, Faith estimates the total
amount of the groceries. To estimate, round each item to the nearest ten cents, and
also keep track of the running total to see if Faith has enough money.
Item on List
Price per unit Your Estimate
Estimate Running
Total
5 Pounds Chicken $5.84 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
2 Pounds Potatoes $0.55 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
4 Packages Butter $1.18 Package $____________ $____________
5 Gallons Milk
$1.53 Gallon
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
3 Pounds Bannanas $0.30 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
5 Loafs Bread
$2.37 Loaf
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
1 Bottle Soda
$1.49 Bottle
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
1 Pound Apples
$0.79 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
Calculate the total without estimating $____________
Difference between actual and estimate $____________
2.Isabella has $59.00 for grocery shopping. When shopping, Isabella estimates
the total amount of the groceries. To estimate, round each item to the nearest ten
cents, and also keep track of the running total to see if Isabella has enough money.
Item on List
Price per unit Your Estimate
Estimate Running
Total
1 Pound Apples
$0.75 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
5 Pounds Grapes
$0.41 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
2 Packages Butter $1.16 Package $____________ $____________
2 Pounds Carrots
$1.10 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
2 Pounds Corn
$0.72 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
5 Cartons Juice
$2.09 Carton
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
5 Loafs Bread
$2.97 Loaf
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
5 Pounds Fish
$4.18 Pound
$ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ $ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _
Calculate the total without estimating $____________
Difference between actual and estimate $ ____________
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