front end estimation for 25.9 + 3.6
Would the answer be 30 + 7 = 37?
5
1
It is front-end estimation.
The front-end digit of 5.28 is 5.
9
8
It is 9.
It is the 9.
2
3 is your front end digit nothing in the numbers can round up so it would seem that 300 would be it
The digit in a number that has the greatest place value" this means: it's just the first digit on the left (but not zero) Example: in 3529, it is 3 in 0.00427, it is 4.
To do front end rounding with odd numbers, you round up to the nearest even number. For example, if you have the odd number 7 and you want to do front end rounding to the nearest ten, you round up to the nearest even ten, which is 10.