A factory packs sweets in boxes of 48. There are 53 boxes ready for dispatch. Using rounding to the nearest ten for both numbers, estimate the total number of sweets. Then state whether the true total (48 x 53 = 2,544) is more or less than the estimate.

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Estimate 2,500; true total is more by 44. 48 -> 50, 53 -> 50. Estimate = 50 x 50 = 2,500. True total = 48 x 53 = 2,544, which is 44 more than 2,500.

A factory packs sweets in boxes of 48.
There are 53 boxes ready for dispatch.
Using rounding to the nearest ten for both numbers, estimate the total number of sweets. Then state whether the true total $(48 \times 53 = 2, 544)$ is more or less than the estimate.

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A factory packs sweets in boxes of 48.There are 53 boxes ready for dispatch.Using rounding to the nearest ten for both numbers, estimate the total number of sweets. Then state whether the true total (48×53=2,544) is more or less than the estimate.

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A factory packs sweets in boxes of 48.
There are 53 boxes ready for dispatch.
Using rounding to the nearest ten for both numbers, estimate the total number of sweets. Then state whether the true total $(48 \times 53 = 2, 544)$ is more or less than the estimate.