Question

at the school carnival, students played a game where they had to guess the number of quarters in a jar. dan guessed 100, jackson guessed 50, and haley guessed 76. later, a teacher announced that there were 80 quarters in the jar. dan had overestimated, jackson had underestimated, and haley had estimated closest to the actual number of quarters. match each word to its description. this word has a meaning similar to guessed or predicted. this word has a prefix and means \incorrectly guessed too much.\ this word has a prefix and means \incorrectly guessed too little.\ answer bank overestimated underestimated estimated

Explanation:

1. "Estimated" is a synonym for guessed/predicted, matching the first description.
2. "Overestimated" uses the prefix "over-" and means guessing a number higher than the actual value (too much), matching the second description.
3. "Underestimated" uses the prefix "under-" and means guessing a number lower than the actual value (too little), matching the third description.

Answer:

1. This word has a meaning similar to guessed or predicted. → estimated
2. This word has a prefix and means "incorrectly guessed too much." → overestimated
3. This word has a prefix and means "incorrectly guessed too little." → underestimated