Beatrice threw a stone one and seven fourteenths yards. Tilly threw a stone nine fourteenths of a yard. What is a reasonable estimate of the difference between their two throws?
1 yard
one and one half yards
2 yards
two and one half yards
7/14 is 1/2 while 9/14 is greater than 1/2 but a lot less than a whole. So a strong estimate would assume that it is (1 1/2)-(1/2) for the approximate difference in their throws were
