They are numbers that "work well" or are friendly with each other.
In a problem like 16 + 4+8 + 12 + 5, you could say 16 + 4 is 20 and 8+ 12 is 20. 20 + 20 is 40 and with the other five you would just add it so it would be:
16+4=20
8+12=20
20+20=40
40+5=45
So they are numbers that most people would find it easy to add, subtract, or divide.
232 ÷ 11 may be hard to do in your head.
We can use the compatible number 12 and 240 since that division is easy to
do in your head. 12 goes into 240 20 times. The easy way to do this in your head is to note that 12 goes into 120 10 times so it goes into 240 twenty times.
This gives us an estimate of the answer when we consider that both number were increased by 1.
Say you wanted to multiply 288 by 415 . We note that the compatible numbers for 288 and 415 are 300 and 400
In the addition example, we group certain numbers first and that makes addition easy.
compatible numbers for 673 by 85
525 and 25
85-35=50
40.6027
280 + 500 = 780
compatible numbers for 673 by 85
What is the answer to the compatible numbers for 380+445
compatible numbers are numbers that are a like or can compared like fact familys!
compatible numbers
In general, numbers are not compatible or otherwise in isolation. They are compatible in the context of other numbers. Two (or more) numbers are compatible if their sum (or other combination) is a number which YOU find easy to work with. As you acquire more experience, you may find that more and more numbers become compatible.
568-342 using compatible numbers = 226
Estimate 43/81 by using compatible numbers
The best way to estimate a quotient using compatible numbers is to first understand how compatible numbers work. They are numbers that are close in value to the actual numbers and are easily added, subtracted or divided.
rounding numbers is to nearest ten or hundred and compatible numbers are when you can do nearest 5
What does compatible numbers mean?
535.6 divided by 35 using compatible numbers = 15.302857142857144
estimated weight 72 compatible numbers 9 and 63