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# Small Decimal Rounding to a Leading Digit

## Round to the first non-zero digit of decimals less than 1.0.

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Estimate Decimal Products and Quotients Using Leading Digits

Have you ever had to figure out a dilemma involving money? Take a look at this situation.

### Guided Practice

Here is one for you to try on your own.

Solution

First, we take only the leading digits and rewrite this problem.

Now our work is quite simple.

Our estimate is .

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Directions: Estimate each product or quotient by using leading digits.

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### Vocabulary Language: English

Dividend

In a division problem, the dividend is the number or expression that is being divided.

divisor

In a division problem, the divisor is the number or expression that is being divided into the dividend. For example: In the expression $152 \div 6$, 6 is the divisor and 152 is the dividend.

Estimate

To estimate is to find an approximate answer that is reasonable or makes sense given the problem.