P – EC – RT8

When estimating a large number of people, Janie asked people to gather into groups of 10. What would Janie’s reasoning be for asking people to group? Could she have grouped them in other ways?

P – EC – RT9

Taylor and Sam estimated the number of people in line for hockey tickets. Both used referents of 20, but they had different estimates. How is this possible if they used the same referent?

P – EC – OE11

What would you use as a referent if you had to estimate the number of students in a classroom you are visiting?

P – EC – OE12

What would you use as a referent if you had to estimate the number of students on a bus?

P – EC – WP11

Students were asked to estimate how many cars were in the parking lot. Sammy said her estimate was 50. She used 5 as a referent, and skip counted by five 10 times. Sammy said there were about five cars in each row and there were about 10 rows. Is Sammy’s...

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