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EXERCISE 2.8



         A.  Estimate the difference by rounding to the nearest tens.

              1.  82796 – 57402
              2.  464561 – 121475

              3.  A book exhibition was held in the city. 58741 people visited an exhibition

                   on the first day and 39528 people visited it on the second day. Estimate
                   how  many  people  more  visited  the  exhibition  on  the  first  day  than  on
                   the second day by rounding to the nearest tens.


         B.  Estimate the difference by rounding to the nearest hundreds.

              1.  50862 – 30777
              2.  650491 – 441007

              3.  Mohan has a collection of 27487 coins. His brother has a collection of
                   14227  coins.  Estimate  the  number  of  coins  Mohan  has  more  than  his

                   brother by rounding to the nearest hundreds.


         C.  Estimate the difference by rounding to the nearest thousands.
              1.  81606 – 77298

              2.  777826 – 177204

              3.  A shopping mall  recorded  60888  footfalls  in  a  week.  Of these  28079
                   footfalls were recorded in the last two days of the week. Estimate the
                   number  of  footfalls  in  the  first  five  days  of  the  week  by  rounding  to

                   the nearest thousands.


         D.  Estimate the difference by rounding to the nearest ten thousands.
              1.  83706 – 74298

              2.  555226 – 242104

              3.  A fun park had 90148 visitors in a month. Of these 56921 visitors visited
                   on Saturdays and Sundays. Estimate the number of visitors who visited
                   the fun park in the first five days of the week by rounding to nearest

                   ten thousands.

          E.  Estimate the difference by rounding to the nearest lakhs.

              1.  654228 – 249872




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