Estimation and rounding using population
On your whiteboards estimate the population of the United Kingdom UK On your whiteboards estimate the population of the United Kingdom 65,112,693 On your boards, round this number to: The nearest hundred The nearest hundred thousand The nearest million What are the benefits of rounding the numbers up?
France On your whiteboards estimate the population of France Why have you decided to estimate at that number, write down a reason for it 64,669,200 Knowing what you know about UK can you estimate to the nearest million the population of France? Can you estimate the number of houses in France? What information do you assume? Or what information do you need to know? 25,253,000
India On your whiteboards estimate the population of India Why have you decided to estimate at that number, write down a reason for it 1,326,864,019 Can you estimate the number of houses in India? What information do you assume? Or what information do you need to know? 248,408,494