Various techniques for performing estimation in your head, how you can actually practice this on a day-to-day basis, and why you should care. This is the first in a series of meetup topics on Actually Using Math -- a simple skill, really, that even this community rarely practices enough, given its utility. And I'll happily explain why I think this is, and what to do about it. Pure conjecture, of course, but it might be interesting.

Also, I'll start with another quick problem-solving game. :)

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