Estimating sums of money

This task is about using a way of estimating that you have discussed with your teacher.

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Dana wanted to know about how much money she had. She didn't mind that her estimate was too small.
Make an estimate for these amounts of money and explain how you did it in the box.
 
a)  $37     $42     $28     $54
 
The total amount of money is at least $ .
This is because ... 

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Have a group discussion with your teacher on your ways of estimating for this problem.
 
Make estimates for the amount of money in each of these problems and explain how you made your estimate.

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b)  $143     $385     $476
The total amount of money is at least $ .
This is because ...

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c)  $2 836     $5 192     $4 354
The total amount of money is at least $ . 
This is because ...

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d)  $417     $4,386     $97     $3,856
The total amount of money is at least $ .
This is because ...