Two children were looking at the number of school buses in the parking lot. To estimate the number of school buses in the parking lot, one child said she would use a referent of 10 while the other child said she would use a referent of 100. Which referent would be more suitable for the number of school buses in the parking lot? Explain your thinking.

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