Single digit mulitplication
Rounding/Estimate
Word Problems
What order of operation is needed?
Multiplication with 10, 100, 1000
100

What is 3 X 4 =

12

100

What is 3,456 rounded to the hundreds place?

3,500

100

Some scientist think the honey mushroom is 220 years old. Other scientist think it could be about 4 times as old. Which is the most REASONABLE estimate that other scientist think the age of the honey mushroom could be?

220 x 4 = 

200 x 4 = 800

4 x 4 = 16

80 + 16 = 96 now count the zeros and add them

Answer: 9600

100

Sandra ran 63 miles. Philip ran 8 miles less than Sandra. How many miles did Philip run?

What order of operation must I do to find my answer?

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, or Division

Subtraction

100

What is 6 x 300 =

1800

200

What is 6 X 4?

24

200

What is 4,983 rounded to the thousands place?

5,000

200

Alan scores 7,895 points in the first level of a computer game.  He scores 5 times as many points in the second level.  Which estimate is closest to the number of points Alan scores in the second level?

7,895 rounds to 8,000

so 8,000 x 5 = 40,000

200

Joseph ran 3.75 miles around the track. After resting, Joseph an an additional 2.9 miles. What is the total distance Joseph ran?

What order of operation must I use to solve this problem?

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division

Addition

200

Fill in the blank 8 x ______ = 32,000

4,000

300

What is 7 x 8?

56

300

What is 397 rounded to the highest place value?

400

300

Troy loaded 1,648 pounds of potatoes on his truck. He estimates he can carry 8,000 pounds in 4 truck loads.  Is this reasonable?

1,648 rounds to 2,000

so 2,000 x 4 = 8,000

Yes this is reasonable.

300

Mark has $3.23, Jen has $3.23, and Sally has $3.32. How much more more does Sally have than either Mark or Jenn?

What order of operation do I need to use to answer this question?

Subtraction

300

What is 3 x 900 =

2700

400

What is 9 x 7 =

63

400

What is 509 rounded to the hundreds place?

500

400
A plane holds 416 passengers. Seven full planes will carry about 2,400 passengers. 

Is this an accurate estimate?

416 rounds to 400 

so 400 x 7 = 2,800

So 2,400 is not accurate or close.

400

Kat wants to put 5 pictures on each page of her album. There are 9 pages total. How many pages will be in the album.

What order of operation will I need to solve this problem?

Subtraction, Addition, Multiplication, or Division

Multiplication

400

How does the number of zeros in the product of 8 x 5,000 compare to the number of zeros in the factors.

There is one more zero in the product because 8x5=40.  Then I count the number of zeros in both numbers.  I add the zeros behind product. The product is 40,000.

Step 1: 8 x 5 =40

step 2: count zeros 8 x 5,000 = 3 zeros

step 3: add zeros behind the product so 40,000

500

What is 9 x 9 =

81

500

What is 9,999 rounded to the thousand place?

10,000

500

Miranda needs to copy some papers.  She has 182 pages that she needs to copy.  She needs 6 copies of each page.  About how many pages will Miranda copy?

182 rounds to 200

so 200 x 6 = 1200

So Miranda needs to copy 1,200 pages.

500

Each row of peach trees has 37 trees. There are 16 rows. How many peach trees are there?

What order of operation would I use to solve this problem?

Subtraction, Addition, Multiplication, or Division

Multiplication

500

Joe's Fun and Sun rents beach chairs. The store rented 300 beach chairs each month in April and in May. The store rented 600 beach chairs each month from June through September.  How many beach chairs did the store rent during the 6 months?

300 April    300 May

600 June  600 July  600 August  600 September

April and May 300 x 2 = 600

June - September 600 x 4 = 2400

Total for 6 months 600 + 2400 = 3,000

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