What is the answer to estimating 50.16÷1.6 as a whole number?
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Quick estimate: 50/2=25, because 50.16 is close to 50 and 1.6 is close to 2. (Actual answer is 31.35.)

Another estimate: 51/1.7=30, because 50.16 is close to 51 and 1.6 is close to 1.7; and by realising that 51/17=3 so 51/1.7=30, 10 times bigger.

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