Using a Model to Multiply
Using Rounding to Estimate
Using Compatible Numbers to Estimate
Multi-Step Word Problems
100

10 x 18 =

180

100

24 x 18 = 

400

100

24 x 18 = 

500

100

Abby and her sister sold their stuffed animals for $28 Abby has 5 stuffed animals and her sister has 2 stuffed animals. If they sold each stuffed animal for the same amount, how much did they sell each one for?

Each stuffed animal sold for $4

200

30 x 29 = 

870

200

42 x 17 =

800

200

32 x 24 =

750

200

Rossi bought 2 dozen apples at the store. The apples were divided into 6 bags. How many apples were in each bag? (Hint: 1 dozen = 12)

There were 4 apples in each bag. 

300

60 x 21 = 

1,260


300

88 x 23 =

1,800


300

76 x 39 =

3,200

300
Aliana has 35 pennies, and her brother has 37 pennies. They put all of their pennies together and placed them into 8 equal stacks. How many pennies are in each stack? 

There are 9 pennies in each stack.

400

Miss Yamamoto orders 30 boxes of plates. There are 25 plates in each box. How many plates did she order?

750 plates

400

William uses rounding and estimates that the product of 52 x 38 is 1,500. Is this estimate reasonable? Why or why not?

No, because 52 rounds to 50 and 38 rounds to 40. So, 50 x 40 = 2,000.

400

Use compatible numbers to find which is greater?

64 x 24 or 36 x 49

1,500 < 2,000. So, 36 x 49 is greater.

400

Jack's dad spent $28 buying movie tickets for himself and his 3 children. An adult ticket cost $10. How much did one child's ticket cost?  

One child ticket costs $6.

500

The 2001 record for balancing drinking glasses was 75 glasses. How many total fluid ounces could all of the glasses contain if one glass could hold 20 fluid ounces? 

1,500 fluid ounces

500

Ivy worked about 18 hours last week making fruit baskets to sell as gifts. ABOUT how many minutes did she spend making fruit baskets? 

1,200 minutes

500

An electronics store sells about 47 computers a day. About how many computers could they sell in 4 weeks? 

About 1,500 computers

500

Taiyo bought 3 puzzles and 4 games at a garage sale. The puzzles cost $3 each and the games cost $2 each. Taiyo paid for the items with one $10 bill, one $5 dollar bill and five $1 bills. How much change should he get back? 

The total cost for the items was $17. He paid with $20 total so he should get $3 change. 

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