Estimation/Place Value
Multiplicative Comparisons
Word problems
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100
A farmer needs to water a new potato field. To do so, he builds an irrigation system using 167 plastic pipes and 734 metal pipes. About how many pipes does he use? Choose the better estimate.
900
100
A restaurant sold nine salads and forty-five steaks. How many times as many steaks did they sell as salads?
5
100
Haleigh went to the zoo and saw 52 animals. 12 of them were monkeys, 19 of them were zebras, and the rest were elephants. How many zebras and elephants did Haleigh see?
40
100
A company painted some houses in Richmond County white and blue using a total of 33,599 gallons of paint. If they used 11,471 gallons of white paint, how many gallons of blue paint did the company use?
22,128
100
125,849 + 375,409 = ?
501,258
200
852,916
Which number is in the ten thousands place?
5
200
At the state fair for every ticket Frank spent on games he spent six on rides. If he spent forty-eight tickets on rides, how many did he spend on games?
8
200
At Smith’s fruit stand, JJ is selling fruit. He sold 58 apples and 35 pears on Friday. He hopes to sell twice as many pieces of fruit on Saturday, their busiest day. How many does he hope to sell?
186
200
At a busy ant colony, there are 7,564 ants inside the ant hill and 2,913 exploring outside. How many ants total are there?
10,477
200
Girl Scouts in Winchester are collecting blankets for local animal shelters. So far, they have collected a total of 99,786 blankets. 2,601 of these blankets are new and the rest are used. How many of the blankets are used?
97,185
300
A hydroelectric plant uses water to create electricity. Before water enters the plant, it passes through two filters. Engineers found a total of 951 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 365 pieces of litter in the first filter. About how many pieces of litter were in the second filter? Choose the better estimate.
600
300
Wendy was playing basketball. She made seven times as many shots as she missed. If she made fourteen shots, how many shots did she miss?
2
300
Adrian has 81 marbles in a bag. 23 of them are green, 15 are red, 19 are blue, and the rest are orange. How many orange, green, and blue marbles are there?
66
300
245,900 - 25,540
220,360
300
114,621 + 32,982
147,603
400
45,104 + 9,295
In your answer- which answer is in the hundreds place?
54,399
the 3
400
A pet store sold two cats. They sold six times as many dogs as they sold cats. How many dogs did they sell?
12
400
Bo has a rug that measures 6 ft x 4 ft. he needs to cover an area that is 40 sq. ft. How much area will he not be able to cover?
16
400
During the night shift, a factory produced 19,342 small paper clips and 34,818 large ones. How many paper clips did the factory produce during that shift?
54,160
400
79,036 - 8,519
70,517
500
A petri dish contained 932 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow until there were 282 more of them. About how many bacteria are there now?
1,200
500
Wayne takes his dogs Baxter and Buster to the dog park to play fetch. Baxter caught the ball 10 times. Buster caught the ball 4 more times than Baxter.
Which equation can you use to find how many times Buster caught the ball?
10+4=?
500
Yesterday, a shipping company delivered a combined total of 9,898 letters and packages. If they delivered 752 packages, how many letters did they deliver?
9,146
500
A large chain of coffee stores sold 301,356 cups of regular coffee last year out of a total of 409,586 cups. How many cups of decaf did they sell?
108,230
500
A honey wholesale company harvests 668,773 pounds of honey and 170,370 pounds of wax from its hives. How many pounds of bee product can it sell?
839,143