Research is counted 8912 monarch butterflies on one branch of a tree at a site in Mexico. The estimate of the total number of butterflies at the site was 1000 times as large. About how many butterflies were at the site in all? Explain your thinking and include a statement of the solution
Well the problem states that the estimate is about 1000 times as large as the 8912 butterflies on one branch. So, multiply 1000×8912, which is 8,912,000 butterflies at the site. At the site, there were about 8,912,000 monarch butterflies.
