Estimation or not?

This task is about identifying whether students are estimating or not.
Five students were asked to estimate the sum of these three numbers:
 
329 + 462 + 836
 
Some of them were estimating and some were not.  For each person:
  • select either is or is not estimating and
  • explain why they are / are not estimating

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a)  Josef isis not estimating because .

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b)  Gina isis not estimating because .

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c)  Aroha isis not estimating because .

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d)  Sam isis not estimating because .

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e)  Peter isis not estimating because .
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