Guesstimate practice
Sizing practice library
Set the geography, period and unit before calculating. Work out a low, base and high case, then look for a second way to validate your estimate.
15 results
- Cycle rental demand near Pune campuses
Estimate rental-days per term and defend a range.
- Hotel linen replacements in Kochi
Estimate sets per year and defend a range.
- Finishing line capacity in Surat
Estimate metres per year and defend a range.
- Beverage orders from independent cafés in Jaipur
Estimate cases per quarter and defend a range.
- Grocery delivery volume in Nagpur
Estimate orders per month and defend a range.
- Appliance repair demand in Guwahati
Estimate jobs per year and defend a range.
- Tutoring attendance in Bhopal
Estimate attended sessions per term and defend a range.
- Wet paddy intake at a Palakkad mill
Estimate tonnes per harvest window and defend a range.
- Fleet service callouts in Chennai
Estimate callouts per quarter and defend a range.
- Routine service desk volume in Delhi
Estimate tickets per month and defend a range.
- Guided tour demand in Udaipur
Estimate seats per season and defend a range.
- Paid study-planning seats in Kota
Estimate seats per term and defend a range.
- Weekday ferry usage in Mumbai
Estimate boardings per month and defend a range.
- Urgent industrial spare orders in Raipur
Estimate orders per year and defend a range.
- Seedling tray demand near Madurai
Estimate trays per planting window and defend a range.
Starter exercise
Estimate how many packs a direct launch could sell through 200 Indore retailers in its first year.
Assume 50 selling weeks. Estimate weekly pack sales per store, then identify a second way to check your answer.
Compare with a worked estimate
At 6, 10 and 14 packs per store per week, the low, base and high cases are 60,000, 1,00,000 and 1,40,000 packs per year. The base is 200 stores × 10 packs/week × 50 weeks.
Cross-check from demand: 5,000 households buying 20 packs per year also gives 1,00,000 packs. Test these assumptions separately using household purchase diaries and retailer reorders.