Estimating Sheep

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Discuss with your friends and teacher the strategies you could use when estimating a number of items.

Extension activities:

Copy and paste your table of results into a spreadsheet then investigate the following:

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Moon Measure

Moon Measure

Estimate (do not measure) the distance from A to B on the image of the surface of the moon.

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Estimating Percentages

Estimating Percentages

Estimate the percentages represented by the diagrams.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?Num=235

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Estimate Powers and Roots

Estimate Powers and Roots

Estimate the powers and roots of the given positive numbers.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?Num=709

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Estimating Angles

Estimating Angles

Estimate the size of the given acute angles in degrees.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?Num=208

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Animal Records

Animal Records

Match the values and the units to the animal world records.

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Transum.org/go/?Num=1091

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Estimation Golf

Estimation Golf

Play a round of golf using your estimation skills rather than golf clubs.

The short web address is:

Transum.org/go/?Num=290

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