Ula lole

This task is about estimation.

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Aggie and her family were making ula lole for a family reunion. They had 34 packets of lollies with about 46 lollies in each.
Aggie wanted a quick estimate of about how many lollies they had.
She didn't mind that her estimate was too small.
 
Explain how you did it in the box.
a)  The number of lollies Aggie had is about .
     This is because ...
     

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Have a group discussion with your teacher on your ways of estimating for this problem.
 
The method we discussed is called .


Use this method to make estimates for each of these problems and explain how you made your estimate.

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b)  Aggie wants to make 23 ula lole with about 8 lollies each. 
The number of lollies she is going to need will be at least .
This is because ... 

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c)  She then wants to make 37 ula lole with about 26 lollies in each.
The number of lollies she is going to need will be at least .
This is because ...

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d)  Next she wanted to make 258 ula lole with about 129 lollies in each. 
The number of lollies she needed was at least .
This is because ...