Question

read the paragraph.
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
estimated
underestimated
overestimated

Explanation:

• "Estimated" means to make a guess or prediction.
• "Overestimated" has the prefix "over - " (meaning too much) and means to guess a number that is higher than the actual value.
• "Underestimated" has the prefix "under - " (meaning too little) and means to guess a number that is lower than the actual value.

Answer:

1. estimated
2. overestimated
3. underestimated