When shopping Pete pick up a top costing £26.99 and shoes costing £21.50. He says, “This is roughly £25 for the top and £20 for the shoes. I won’t need more than £45.” Do you agree?
Various answers. Example answers: 1) 4,300 + 2,900 or 4,000 + 3,000 3) 13,800 + 27,200 or 14,000 + 27,000
Challenge Answer
This is one of the cases where rounding down to estimate an answer does not work. Pete will need £48.49 in total. His estimate of £45 is too low and he won’t have enough money.