Sarah has 48 boxes of 9 pencils. Estimate the number of pencils that she has. Show your work!
50 x 10 = 500 Sarah has about 500 boxes of pencils.
200
1/8 of a class of 24 students wears glasses. How many students is that?
3 students
200
Andy needs 1 1/3 cups of flour for a recipe. He wants to cut the recipe in half. How many cups of flour does he need?
2/3 cup
200
If 4 cake mixes cost $5.20, how much would 9 cake mixes cost?
$11.70
300
Sandy has 120 pieces of candy. She gives 1/4 of it to her teacher. How much candy does she have left?
90 pieces of candy
300
A can of fruit cocktail contains 2 1/2 cups of fruit. The suggested serving size is 2/3 cup. How many servings of fruit cocktail are in the can?
3 3/4 servings
400
Suppose you plan to put the same amount of seed in three feeders. You have 7/8 pound of seed. How much seed will each feeder get?
7/24 pound of seed (7/8 divided by 3)
400
A bookstore has a shelf that is 37 1/2 inches long. If each book is 1 1/4 inches thick, how many books can fit on the shelf?
30 books
500
Chris has a board that is 8 feet long. He needs to cut pieces that are 2 1/2 feet long to make shelves. How many shelves can he make with the board that he has?
(Think carefully before answering!)
3 shelves (not 3 1/5, because he can't make 1/5 of a shelf)
500
A baker has 4 1/2 cups of strawberries to make 5 batches of muffins. How many cups of strawberries should he put into each batch?