Mathematics · Pedagogy of Mathematics
A mathematics teacher posed the following word problem to his students: "One copy of a newspaper has 12 pages. Everyday 10,500 copies are printed. How many total pages are printed every day?" A student responded that the answer would be between 1,25,000 and 1,30,000. Which of the following statements is correct in the given context?
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- 1Mathematics requires exact answers, so estimation has no relevance in mathematics.
- 2The teacher should ignore the response of the student and focus on teaching the algorithm of multiplication.
- 3Estimation is used in daily life mathematics, hence the teacher should appreciate the student's estimation of the answer to near accuracy.✓
- 4The teacher should discourage the student from giving inaccurate answers.
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Estimation is used in daily life mathematics, hence the teacher should appreciate the student's estimation of the answer to near accuracy.
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