P – EC – WP12

Students were asked to estimate how many cars drove by the school during lunch. Marsha said her estimate was 20. She used 5 as a referent, and skip counted by five 4 times. Sammy said that five cars went by during the first 5 minutes of lunch and there were 20 minutes...

P – EC – WP13

Two children were looking at stars in the sky. To estimate the number of stars in the sky, one child said she would use a referent of 5 while the other child said she would use a referent of 50. Which referent would be more suitable for estimating stars in the sky?...

P – EC – WP1

There were boxes of crayons covering the top of Charlie’s desk. The boxes of crayons were side-by-side, and none were on top of each other. The teacher asked Charlie to estimate the number of boxes on the top of the desk. Charlie said 50. Would you agree with Charlie?...

P – EC – WP2

There were boxes of crayons covering the top of Desi’s desk. The boxes of crayons were side-by-side, and none were on top of each other. The teacher asked Desi if he thought there would be closer to 100 or 1000 boxes of crayons on the top of the desk. Which estimate...

P – EC – WP3

A baker was looking at different containers to hold newly baked cookies. About how many cookies can be held in this cookie jar?

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