Multiple Choice
Word Problems
Estimate and Solve
Wild Card
100
Dr. Peterson works 178 hours each month. How many hours does she work in a year? *Hint: 12 months in a year
a. 2,000
b. 2,136
c. 3,000
d. 2,200
b. 2,136
100
A banana contains 105 calories. Last week, Brendan and Lea ate a total of 14 bananas. How many calories does this represent?
1,470 calories
100
At a warehouse, 127 delivery trucks were loaded with 48 packages on each truck. Estimate the total number of packages on the truck. Write an equation to model your work.
120 times 50 = 6000
100
Kai ordered 1,012 baseball cards. Sharon ordered 5 times as many cards as Kai. How many baseball cards did Sharon order? Solve using an equation.
1012 times 5 = 5060
5,060 books
200
Is the equation below correct? Explain
560 x 104 = 560,000
a. The equation is incorrect. The product should have 3 zeros.
b. The equation is correct. The product should have 4 zeros.
c. The equation is incorrect. The product should have 1 zero.
d. The equation is incorrect. The product should have 5 zeros.
d. The equation is incorrect. The product should have 5 zeros.
200
Rosanne has 142 songs on her Spotify playlist. Teresa has 11 times as many songs as Rosanne. How many songs does Teresa have?
1,562 songs
200
Estimate the product by rounding to the nearest ten.
325 x 21
330 times 20 = 6600
200
Terry has 289 dog bones. Lucy has 16 times as many dog bones as Terry. How many dog bones does Lucy have? Solve using an equation.
289 times 16 = 4624
4,624 dog bones
300
Select all the expressions that are equal to 3 x 103
a. 3 x 1,000
b. 3 x 100
c. 30 x 100
d. 300 x 100
e. 300 x 10
a, c, e
300
There are 45 cans of mixed nuts. Each can has 338 nuts. How many total nuts are there?
15,210 nuts
300
A parking lot has 68 rows with 24 parking spaces in each row. About how many parking spaces are in the parking lot?
70 times 25 = 1750
70 times 20 = 1400
300
The latest mystery novel costs $24. The table shows the sales of this novel by a bookstore. What was the dollar amount of sales of the mystery novel on Saturday and on Friday?
$6,240
( 103 + 157 ) times 24
400
Isley bought 23 bushels of apples. Each bushel weighs 29 pounds. How much do all the bushels weigh?
a. 547 pounds
b. 667 pounds
c. 125 pounds
d. 54 pounds
b. 667 pounds
400
There are 36 large fish tanks at the zoo. Each tank holds 205 gallons of water. How many gallons of water would it take to fill all of the tanks?
7,380 gallons
400
Which number is the best estimate for the product of 73 x 47
a. 2,800
b. 3,200
c. 3,500
d. 4,000
c. 3,500
( 70 times 50 = 3500 )
400
A drama club needs to buy 33 scripts for all of the actors and crew people. The scripts cost $12 each. Ellie said, "$300 should be enough to buy the scripts because $12 rounds to $10 and 33 rounds to 30. $10 x 30 = $300." Does Ellie’s reasoning make sense?
In your answer include the actual cost, overestimate/underestimate and your explanation.
Ellie's reasoning does not make sense because she underestimates, which means the real cost will be higher. The actual cost is $396.