Estimation Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
UPS method
A
Glance, read, jot
reflect and organize
pick tool and solve
2
Q
What are signals to employ estimation??
A
- answer choices are spread far apart
- Directly Asked for an approximate answer
- When complex math that can’t be solved in 2 minutes
- Split answers like half are negative and half are positive…
3
Q
How can answer choices be disguised?
A
59 or 41 are so close to being rounded up/down that you can just go for it
4
Q
How do you cancel out the effects of your estimation?
A
Round up on one number and round down on the next, this way it compensates
5
Q
S.E.E
A
Scan, eyeball, estimate. Follow the UPS philosophy.
Read blurb for context, articulate what a single data point represents, and what type of inference am I drawing?
