Estimating
3 x 11
30
2 x 14
28
3 x 13
39
50 x _ = 350
7
A school club wants to buy shirts for each of its 38 members. Each shirt costs $23. About how much money will all the shirts cost. Estimate your answer.
800
52 x 4
200
7 x 24
168
8 x 23
184
_ x 32 = 224
Mr. Morris brought sketchpads for 24 of his students. Each pad contained 50 sheets. How many sheets of paper were in all the pads together?
1,200 sheets
37 x 12
400 or 480
25 x 37
925
75 x 40
3,000
_ x 3 = 72
24
A local charity collected 163 cans of food each day for 14 days. How many cans did they collect in all?
2,282 cans
390
28 x 62
1,763
65 x 38
2,470
30_ x 2 = 600
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10 years ago, Melissa planted a tree in her backyard. She has taken a photo of the tree every week so she can see how much it has grown as time passed. How many photos of the tree does Melissa now have? (Hint: there are 52 weeks in one year)
520
250 x 400
200,000
368 x 46
16,928
841 x 36
30,276
3_7 x 8 = 2,776
4
An elevator can carry 15 adults or 20 children at one time. During the course of a day, the elevator carries a full passenger load 52 times. If all the passengers were children, how many more people would the elevator carry than if all the passengers were adults?
20 x 52 = 1,040
15 x 52 = 780
1,040 - 780 = 260 more people