smc-4461-20-Estimation decimals

Jamie buys a 200 gram bag of pumpkin seeds at the market for making muesli.

Each pumpkin seed has a mass of 0.19 grams.

Which of these is the best estimate for the number of seeds in the 200 gram bag?

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`C`

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`text(Mass of 1 seed) ~~ 0.2 text(g)`

`text(Mass of 10 seeds) ~~ 2 text(g)`

`text(Mass of 100 seeds) ~~ 20 text(g)`

`text(Mass of 1000 seeds) ~~ 200 text(g)`

`:. 1000\ text(is the best estimate.)`

`=> C`