PLACE VALUE
ESTIMATION
ADD/SUBTRACT
100
How would you write the decimal for six and five hundredths in standard form?
6.05
100
In Mrs. Ryan's class, Mike, Bill, Sharim and Jo collected cans for recycling. Mike collected 139 cans, Bill-125 cans, Sharim -159 cans, and Jo-246 cans. About how many cans were collected byall four students?
About 650 cans.
100
Walt bought a camera for $99.95 plus $4.99 tax. The regular price was $149.00 including tax. How much did Walt save?
He saved $44.06
200
Pluto ran the 100-meter race in 10.009 seconds. How would you read Pluto's time?
ten and nine thousandths
200
In a timed situp test, Mike did 42 situps, Bill did 24 situps, and Sharim did 48 situps. About how many more situps did Sharim do than Bill?
About 25 more situps
200
A school had 7000 tickets to sell for a football game. They sold 5300 of the tickets to students and 420 to faculty. How many tickets does the school have left?
1280 tickets left to sell
300
Theo wants to enter the number 3,295 into his calculator. By mistake he enters 33,295. How can he get the correct number on the calculator display without clearing the entry? (A hint is available for half the possible points)
Subtract 30,000
300
A car dealer started the year with 625 cars on his lot. By March there were 119 cars left. About how many cars had he sold?
He had sold about 500 cars.
300
Emma spent $4 on cards and $18 on a sweater. Emma has $9 left. How much money did Emma begin with?
She started with $31
400
Write the number 1,000+10+6+0.01 in standard form.
1016.01
400
Twenty-two vans with 10 students in each go to the basketball tournament. Three buses with 40 students in each also go to the tournament. What is a reasonable estimate of the number of students that attend the tournament?
320 students
400
Edgar adds money to his savings account. First he adds $32. Then he adds $64. This makes a total of $132. How much money was in the savings account to start with?
$36 was in the account to start with
500
What number has 8 in the thousand and thousandths place, 7 in the hundreds and hundredths place, 4 in the tens and the tenths place and 0 in the ones place?
8,740.478
500
Sanborn and his family went on a 2397 mile trip. They drove for four days. If they traveled about the same distance each day, approximately how many miles did they drive each day?
About 600 miles per day
500
Izzy wants to buy some potting soil for $6.99, some flowers for $3.98, and a ceramice pot for $7.95. She pays with a twenty dollar bill. How much change will she receive?
$1.08 is her change
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