Decimal x Whole #
Decimal x Decimal
Word Problem
Multiplying with base 10
Estimating Decimals
100

4 x .5

2.0 or 2

100

.8 x .6

.48

100

Amir went food shopping.  He bought 5 apples.  Each apple cost .25 cents.  How much were all the apples?

$1.25

100

.5 x 101

5

100

Estimate 89 x 1.05

Possible answers:

100 x 1.0 = 100

90 x 1.0 = 90

200

.25 x 8 

2 or 2.0

200

.06 x .5

.03

200

Serena was painting her bedroom.  Each wall required 2.7 cans of paint.  How many cans does she need to paint each wall in her room?

10.8

200

2.8 x 103

2,800

200

Estimate: 178 x 2.94

Possible answer:

200 x 3 = 600

300

9 x .83

7.47

300

2.8 x .7

1.96

300

Rahab bought movie tickets for herself and 4 friends.  If each ticket cost $5.84, how much did she pay for all of the tickets?

$29.20

300

4.89 x 100

4.89

300

Estimate:  44.8 x 15.46

Possible answers:

45 x 10 = 450

50 x 10 = 500

50 x 20 = 1,000

400

14 x .94

13.16

400

3.92 x 2.6

10.192

400

As a holiday gift, Mrs. Simmons bought each student in class 2 pencils.  Each pencil cost .32 cents.  How much did she spend on pencils if there are 24 students in class?  

***Multiple steps***

$15.36

400

Complete the pattern:

a.) 10x 18.563 =

b.) 102 x 18.563 =

c.) 103 x 18.563 =

d.) 104 x 18.563 =

a.)185.63

b.)1,856.3

c.)18,563 or 18,563.0

d.)185,630 or 185,630.0

400

Jorge ordered 22 bottles of juice. Each bottle holds 6.32 ounces of juice.
What is a good estimate of the number of ounces of juice Jorge ordered?

Possible answers:

20 x 6 = 120 ounces

20 x 5 = 100 ounces

25 x 6 = 150 ounces

25 x 5 = 125 ounces

500

28 x 2.79

78.12

500

12.3 x 2.45

30.135

500

Anxuan is baking for his school bake sale.  In order to make one batch of brownies, he needs 2.45 cups of sugar and .78 cups of flour.  How much sugar and how much flour does he need to make 6 batches?

***Multiple steps***

He needs 14.7 cups of sugar and 4.68 cups of flour.

500

10x 12.567

125,670

500

Rounding to the nearest tenth, which of the following give an overestimate? Why?
Choose all that apply.

  • A.)45.07 × 3.45
  • B.)19.74 × 5.53
  • C.)8.16 × 60.29
  • D.)2.92 × 77.81
  • E.)32.86 × 10.4
A, C, and E.


When you round up or above the original number, it is an overestimate.

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