Definition of front-end estimation

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front-end estimation

The term 'front-end estimation' as it applies to the area of basic math can be defined as 'using the leading, or left-most, digits to make an estimate quickly and easily (e.g., when asked to estimate the sum of 594, 32, and 221 an original estimate would be 5+0+2 hundreds or 700)'.

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