Question

1. a school district gives each student an agenda book at the beginning of the school year. there are 163,641 students currently enrolled in the district. estimate the number of agenda books the district should buy in order to account for any new students that arrive throughout the year. explain your estimate.

Explanation:

Step1: Consider the situation

We need to estimate the number of agenda - books for new students throughout the year. But we have no data on new students per month or any trends. So, a reasonable estimate could be based on the current student number.

Step2: Make an estimate

Since we have no other information, we might assume that the number of new students throughout the year is a fraction or a multiple of the current student number. A simple estimate could be to assume that the number of new students is about 10% of the current student number (this is an arbitrary but reasonable - sounding estimate without more data). So, if there are 163,641 students currently, 10% of 163,641 is $0.1\times163641 = 16364.1\approx16364$. We would need to buy about 16364 agenda - books to account for new students throughout the year.

Answer:

About 16364 (assuming 10% of current students are new students throughout the year as a rough estimate)