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100

7,364+2,321

9,685

100

2,532-1,301

1,231

100

Michael and his family are driving 2,120 miles across the country over 4 days. The first day, they drove 517 miles. The second day, they drove 535 miles. The third day, they drove 493 miles. How many miles do they have left to drive?

517+535+493=1,545

2,120-1,545=575 miles

100

Estimate the sum of 2,258+4,926 to the nearest thousand

2,000+5,000=7,000

100

What does it mean to find the SUM?

Find the answer to an addition problem


200

42,818+7,120

49,938

200

12,469-10,212

2,257

200

A school is collecting cans for the local food pantry. The first week they collected 1,415 cans. The second week they collected 973 cans. The third week they collected 200 more cans than they collected in the second week. After the fourth week, they had a total of 4,542 cans. How many cans did they collect the fourth week?

973+200=1,173

1,415+973+1,173=3,561

4,542-3,561=981 cans

200

Estimate the difference of 5,246-1,392 to the nearest thousand.

5,000-1,000=4,000

200

What does it mean to find the DIFFERENCE?

Find the answer to a subtraction problem


300

9,087+7,668

16,755

300

33,071-2,893

30,178

300

The Honey Bears Stadium sol 25,050 student tickets and 30,975 general admission tickets for their first game. For their next game they sold 27,365 student tickets and 18,527 general admission tickets. How many more tickets did they sell for the first game.

25,050+30,975=56,025

27,365+18,527=45,892

56,025-45,892=10,133 more tickets

300

Estimate the sum of 33,783+ 12,516 to the nearest thousand

34,000+13,000=47,000

300
What does it mean to ESTIMATE?

finding about what the answer is, not the exact answer


400

12,058+4,867

16,925

400

87,034-77,245

9,789

400
A northern fur seal pup was rescued and weighed 7,125 grams. The seal's weight increased by 3,238 grams in the first month and 4,615 grams in the second month. The seal needs to weigh at least 18,000 grams in order to be released back into the ocean. Does the seal weigh enough to be released? If the answer is no how much more weight does the seal need to be released?

No.

Current weight: 7,125+3,238+4,615=14,978

Weight needed: 18,000

The seal needs 18,000-14,978=3,022 more grams of weight

400

Estimate the difference of 99,875-45,968 to the nearest thousand

100,000-46,000= 54,000

400

What is a VARIABLE?

a letter that represents an unknown number

500

37,391+85,642

123,033

500

172,005-48,273

123,732

500

A garden club wants to purchase land that costs $18,287. In January, before collecting monthly dues, the club has $15,185 in its account. The club collects $500 in membership dues each month. In what month will the garden club able to purchase the land?

Amount club needs: 18,287-15,185=3,102

Then add $500 for each month for each month. We find out that in July we will have $3,500 which is enough to buy the land.

500

Springfield School District ha 1,578 students last year. this year it has 2,138 students. Cameron says that the number of students increased by over 500 students. Is their statement reasonable?

Rounding to the nearest hundred gives an estimated difference of 2,100-1,600=500 which means their estimate IS reasonable

500

What does it mean to REGROUP?

to use place value to exchange equal amounts when renaming a number

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