ObjectiveEstimate very large and very small quantities by rounding and then writing that number as a single digit times a power of 10.
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Vocabularynone
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Essential Understanding
Very large and very small numbers can be estimated to help make computations easier, as well as create an understanding of the size of a quantity.
Standards8.EE.A.3 Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.
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Mathematical PracticesMP.3, MP.6, MP.7
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