Over the weekend, Sally’s Ice Cream Shop was busy! On Saturday, Sally sold 2,998 vanilla ice cream sandwiches and 1,489 chocolate ice cream sandwiches. On Sunday, Sally sold only 1,880 vanilla ice cream sandwiches. Sally estimated that she sold about 6,500 ice cream sandwiches over the weekend. Is Sally’s estimation reasonable? Why or why not? How many ice cream sandwiches did Sally sell in total?
Yes, her estimation is reasonable. If we round up all the number of ice cream she sold, we get 1500 + 1900 + 3000, which is 6400. Her estimation of 6500 is very close. Sally actually sold 6367 ice cream sandwiches.
