Estimating means giving your best guess. Use the clues to help you make a really good guess before you actually count the number of objects.
Example:
Look at the number of objects from left to right they are going down by one each time? If there are 12 musical notes, 11 leaves, and 10 blue flowers then there are likely to be 9 pink flowers.
First estimate and then count the number of pink flowers. Write the correct number below.
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? | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Answer = 9