Benchmarks
Estimating Sums
Estimating Differences
Estimating Decimal Numbers
Estimating Story Problems
100

Estimate 2376 to the closest thousand

2000

100

Estimate the sum of 4003 and 2963

7000

100

Estimate the difference between 2593 and 1590

1000

100

Estimate the sum of 4.6 and 7.1

12

100

The materials for a playground cost $28 565 and the labor will cost $15 870. The committee has raised   $45 000. Does the committee have enough money?

yes

200

Estimate 54 734 to the closest thousand

55 000

200

Estimate the sum of 9539 and 478

10 000

200

Estimate the difference between 8025 and 980

7000

200

Estimate the sum of 5.248 and 0.732

6

200

Taking 10 000 steps a day is the target for healthy living. Suppose you take 8934 steps in a day. About how many more will you need to take to reach your target?

About 1000

300

Estimate 7656 to the closest hundred

7700

300

Estimate the sum of 3654 and 372

4000

300

Estimate the difference between 7415 and 4002

3400

300

Estimate the difference between 21.6 and 3.8

about 18

300

Sam collected 3385 Canadian stamps and 2599 stamps from other countries. About how many stamps does he have altogether?

6000

400

Estimate 45 859 to the closest tens

45 860

400

Estimate the sum of 1999 and 999

3000

400

Estimate the difference between 6056 and 985

5000

400

Estimate the difference between 743.6 and 1.8

742

400

Carley collected 45 880 coins and Nicole collected     56 250. About how many more coins did Nicole collect?

About 10 000 more

500

Estimate 9 992 to the closest hundred

10 000

500

Estimate the sum of 35 762 and 14 345

50 000

500

Estimate the difference between 7520 and 807

6500

500

Is the difference between 58.37 and 22.845 closer to 30 or 35?

35

500

There are 8625 tickets for a concert. 6885 tickets have already been sold. About how many more need to be sold for the concert to be sold out?

About 1600 more tickets

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