Word Problems
Sarah buys 5 notebooks for $1.25 each. How much does she spend in total?
$6.25
47 x 53
2,491
Round $28 x $42 to the nearest ten to estimate the product
$1,200
4 x 0.5
2
5 x 1/3
5/3 or 1 2/3
A garden is 6 1/2 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the area of the garden?
26 square feet
97 x 24
2,328
Estimate $4.9 x $8.1 by rounding to the nearest whole number.
$40
0.08 x 6
0.48
3 x 4/5
12/5 or 2 2/5
There are 12 dozen eggs in a crate. If a bakery buys 413 crates, how many eggs did they get?
4,956 eggs
834 x 65
54,210
Estimate the product of $192 x $53 by rounding the factors to their greatest place value.
$10,000
0.8 x 0.4
0.32
3/5 x 1/7
3/35
A race car travels 4.8 miles per minute. How far will it travel in 15.5 minutes?
74.4 miles
3,920 x 73
286,160
Is the product of $0.95 x $450 going to be greater than or less than 450? WHY!?
Less
Because 0.95 is less than a whole!!!
14.8 x 9
133.2
2 3/4 x 7
19 1/4
A local park is building a new fence. The fence is 120 meters long. Each meter of fencing costs $15.75. What is the total cost of the fence?
$1,890
11,753 x 15
176,295
A school buys 88 tablets for $215 each. Use rounding to determine if a budget of $20,000 is enough.
215 x 90 = 19,350
or
200 x 90 = 18,000
YES, it is enough.
23.74 x 0.3
7.122
4 1/2 x 2 1/3
10 3/6 OR 10 1/2