Estimation or not?
 This task is about identifying whether students are estimating or not. 

Five students were asked to estimate the sum of these three numbers:

329 + 462 + 836

Some of them were estimating and some were not.  For each person:
•   circle either is or is not and
•   explain why they are / are not estimating.
  
a)

Josef   is   /   is not   estimating because ...

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b)

Gina   is   /   is not   estimating because ...

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c)

Maraea   is   /   is not   estimating because ...

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d)

Sarah   is   /   is not   estimating because ...

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e)

James   is   /   is not   estimating because ...

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