What is the best estimate to the following problem?
849 divided by 7
A. 115
B. 120
C. 125
D. 130
B. 120
849/7 = 121 r 2
100
How many pieces of candy will each student get?
Answer: 12 r5
Do we use this remainder? Why?
No, because we don't have enough candy to give every student another piece.
100
Mr. Downing has 192 jolly ranchers and wants to evenly distribute them to his 21 students. How many pieces will each student get?
9 pieces of candy
100
There are 178 rooms and 212 patients in the hospital. There are 16 doctors working. How many patients will each doctor need to see in order to help all of the patients?
14 patients per doctor
200
500 divided by 18
27 r 14
200
What is the best estimate to the following problem?
144 divided by 5
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
A. 30
144/5 = 28 r 4
200
How many buses will be needed to take every student? Answer: 8 r2
Do we use this remainder? Why?
Yes. The 2 remaining students need to ride on a bus so they need to get 1 more bus to take them.
200
Mrs. A is organizing books on the bookcase in her office. She has 721 books and wants to place them on 8 shelves. How many books should she put on each shelf in order to make sure every book is in the bookcase?
91 books on a shelf
200
The Holiday Inn ordered 422 pillows for their guest rooms. There will be 128 guests staying in the 32 rooms in the hotel. How many pillows will each hotel room get?
13 pillows per room.
300
596 broken up into 12 sections.
49 r 8
300
What is the best estimate to the following problem?
498 divided by 12
A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45
C. 40
498/12 = 41 r 6
300
How many pages will be needed to hold every picture? Answer: 45 r9
Do we use this remainder? Why?
Yes. The remaining 9 pictures need to be in the album, so a new page will be needed.
300
The 4th grade is taking a field trip to the zoo. Vans cost $6 per person. There are 72 students going on the trip and 5 students can fit in each van. How many vans will they need to take every student on the trip?
15 vans
300
Mrs. Sellers has 1,659 minutes left on her cell phone his month. There are 30 days in September. If today is September 22, how many minutes does she have to spend per day for the rest of the month in order to use all of her minutes?
208 minutes per day
400
8,932 divided by 6
1,488 r 4
400
What is the best estimate to the following problem?
8,497 divided by 5
A. 1400
B. 1500
C. 1600
D. 1700
D. 1700
8,497/5 = 1,699 r 2
400
How many songs should be put on each playlist?
Answer: 21 r 3
Do we use this remainder? Why?
Yes. The 3 remaining songs need to be put on a playlist.
400
Kimberly is putting pictures in a photo album. She has 188 pictures and 6 pictures can fit on a page. She has 15 different categories of pictures she can choose from. How many pages will she need to put all of her pictures in the photo album?
32 pages
400
Mr. Downing is training to run a marathon. He wants to run 200 miles over the next 2 weeks. How many miles a day does he need to run in order to reach this goal?
15 miles per day.
500
4,393 broken into 21 groups
209 r 4
500
What is the best estimate to the following problem?
5,758 divided by 14
A. 400
B. 403
C. 406
D. 410
D. 410
5,758/14 = 411 r 4
500
Johnny needs to save $832 dollars over the next two weeks in order to be able to go on a field trip to Washington DC. How much money will he need to save per day in order to have enough money to go on the trip?
$60.
60 x 14 = $840
59 x 14 = $826 which would not be enough money.
500
Blaine Gabbert was drafted 10th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He needs 1,846 yards in the next four games in order to break an NFL record. How many yards does he need to throw each game in order to break the record?
212 yards per game.
500
Use the following information to solve the problem.
Mr. Downing- 18 students
Mr. Cooper- 21 students
Mr. Willis- 19 students
Mrs. Sellers- 18 students
Mr. Downing and Mrs. Sellers are having a popsicle party for their classes. They bought 466 popsicles to share between their two classes. How many popsicles will each student get?