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Chapter 2 Mental Math and Estimation
Dear Family, Vocabulary to Practice
In this chapter, your child will learn about mental addition and Rounded is a term used in
subtraction, as well as estimation. estimating numbers to the
Some of the skills your child will practice are: nearest ten, hundred, and
so on.
adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers mentally, with or
without regrouping 2,436 is 2,400 when rounded to
rounding numbers to estimate sums and differences the nearest hundred.

using front-end estimation to estimate sums An estimate is a number close


and differences to the exact number.
396 is 400 when rounded to

Activity the nearest hundred. 400 is


an estimate.
The ability to estimate sums has numerous applications in
1,245 + 2,534 = 3,779
everyday life. For example, have your child estimate the cost of
your next shopping trip. 1,245 rounded to the nearest
Help him or her draw up a short family grocery thousand is 1,000.
shopping list. 2,534 rounded to the nearest
Then have your child write the prices of each item thousand is 3,000.
(wherever possible) by looking at advertised prices in the The estimated sum is 4,000.
newspapers. Ensure the prices are in whole dollars as your 3,779 is close to 4,000 so the
child has not learned to estimate cost in compound units. answer is reasonable.
Marshall Cavendish International (Singapore) Private Limited.

Finally, have him or her estimate the total cost of


the groceries. The leading digit in a number
is the digit with the greatest
place value. The leading digit
for 2,475 is 2.

Front-end estimation uses


leading digits to estimate sums
and differences.

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Conexiones entre
ESCUELA y CASA
Captulo 2 Clculo mental y estimacin
Estimada familia: Vocabulario para practicar

En este captulo su hijo aprender a realizar sumas y restas Redondeo es un trmino


mentalmente, as como tambin estimaciones. usado para estimar nmeros y
Algunas de las destrezas que practicar su hijo son: llevarlos a la decena, centena y
etc. ms cercana.
sumar y restar mentalmente nmeros de dos dgitos con
o sin reagrupacin 2,436 es 2,400 al redondearlo
redondear nmeros para estimar sumas y diferencias a la centena ms cercana.
usar estimaciones por la izquierda para estimar sumas Una estimacin es un nmero
y diferencias cercano al nmero exacto.

396 es 400 al redondearlo a la


Actividad centena ms cercana. 400 es
una estimacin.
La capacidad de estimar sumas tiene numerosas aplicaciones en
la vida cotidiana. Por ejemplo, haga que su hijo estime el costo 1,245 + 2,534 = 3,779
de la siguiente salida para realizar compras. 1,245 redondeado al ms
Aydelo a preparar una lista corta de las compras que cercano a mil es 1,000.
tiene que realizar.
2,534 redondeado al ms
Luego haga que su hijo anote el precio de cada producto
cercano a mil es 3,000.
(siempre que se pueda) mirando los precios publicados
en los peridicos. Asegrese de que los precios estn La suma estimada es 4,000. Lo
expresados en dlares en nmeros enteros, ya que ms cercano a 4,000 es 3,779,
su hijo no ha aprendido a estimar costos en unidades

Marshall Cavendish International (Singapore) Private Limited.


entonces, la respuesta es
compuestas. razonable.
Finalmente, haga que estime el costo total de las compras.
El dgito principal en un
nmero es el dgito de mayor
valor. El dgito principal en 2,475
es 2.

La estimacin por la izquierda


usa dgitos principales para
estimar sumas y diferencias.

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