Estimating sweets II

This task is about estimating with multiplication.

Question


 

There were exactly 47 sweets in each bag of sweets. A group of 91 children had a bag of sweets each, and 8 other children bought a bag each.
Ben, Jess, and Sam were arguing how many sweets there were altogether.
  • Ben said the answer was exactly 4 700.
  • Jess said that she didn't know the answer, but she was sure it was less than 4 700.
  • Sam said that he didn't know the answer, but it was sure to be more than 4 700.

Who was correct? (Select one)

    • Ben

    • Jess

    • Sam

Explain, without doing the exact calculation, how you can tell who is correct.
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