The Plattsville Glee Club is sending 8 of its members to a singing contest in Cincinnati, Ohio. The cost will be $588 per person. How much will it cost for the entire group of 8 students to attend?

Both Brian and Jermaine solve the problem. Brian says the answer is $40,704. Jermaine's answer is $4,604.

Round the cost per person to the nearest hundred and estimate the total cost.

A reasonable estimate is $
.

Although Jermaine's answer seems reasonable, neither Brian nor Jermaine solved the problem correctly. Find the errors in Brian's and Jermaine's work.
Brian
6
$ 5 8 8
× 8
$ 4 0 7 0 4

Complete the explanation of the error Brian made.

When Brian multiplied the tens, he wrote the total number of tens in the product instead of regrouping, so the
?
of his product are incorrect.

Jermaine
6 6
$ 5 8 8
× 8
$ 4 6 0 4

Complete the explanation of the error Jermaine made.

Jermaine regrouped the wrong amount of
?
. He regrouped the tens as 6 hundreds instead of
hundreds.

Solve the problem correctly.

Correct Answer
$ 5 8 8
× 8
$