Three students in Mrs. Dewey's room made mystery jars for homework and brought them to class. Mrs. Dewey made a mystery jar of centimeter connecting cubes.

Linda and Romesh estimated the number of objects in each jar and recorded their estimates in data tables. Here are Linda's estimates:

  1. The actual number of marbles is 142. The actual number of marshmallows is 38.
    1. What is the difference between Linda's estimate of the number of marbles and the actual number?
    2. What is the difference between Linda's estimate of the number of marshmallows and the actual number?
    3. Is Linda's estimate for the number of marbles better than her estimate for the number of marshmallows? Why or why not?