Estimating
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Mental Math
Division with remainders
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100
What is the equation that can be used to determine the most reasonable quotient.
432 
7 =
420 
7 = 60
100
Leah danced for a total of 360 minutes over 6 days. How many minutes did she dance each day?
Leah danced 60 minutes each day.
100
490 
70 = __________
7
100
What is 543 ÷ 5 = _______
108 with a remainder 3
100
What are the factors of 18?
1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
100
(4 x 10) – 10 = _______
30
200
What equation can be used to determine the most reasonable quotient?
264 
3 =
280 
3 = 80
200
Mr. Roach had 480 erasers to give out equally between the six 4th Grade classrooms. How many erasers did each class get?
Each classroom got 80 erasers.
200
6,400 
80 = __________
80
200
Ms. Eggert has 245 cookies to put into boxes. She puts 6 cookies into each box. How many full boxes of cookies can she make?
Will she have any cookies left over? If so, how many?
Ms. Eggert can make 40 full boxes of cookies.
She will have 5 cookies left over.
200
What are the factors of 36?
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
200
15 – (7 + 3) = ________
= 5
300
What equation can be used to determine the most reasonable quotient?
1,934 
8 =
1,600 
8 = 200
300
During
the break, 3,756 inches of snow will fall over 3 days.
How much snow will fall each day?
1,252 inches of snow will fall each day.
300
81,000 
900 = _________
90
300
Ms. Howe is setting up groups of chairs. She sets up 7 chairs in each group. If she has 358 chairs, how many full groups of chairs can she set up?
Will she have any chairs left over? If so, how many chairs will be left over?
Ms. Howe can set up 51 groups of chairs.
She will have 1 chair left over.
300
Ms. Eggert bought a pair of shoes for $81. Her daughter bought a pair of shoes that were 9 times cheaper than Ms. Eggert's shoes.
How much were the daughter's shoes?
Her daughter's shoes were $9.
300
(5 x 2) + 8 = _______________
18
400
What equation can be used to determine the most reasonable quotient?
4,763 
7 = ____________
4,900 7 = 700
400
Ms. Eggert has 9,872 candy canes.
She will share her candy canes equally with 8 friends.
How many candy canes will each person receive?
Each person will receive 1,234 candy canes.
400
80 x ________ = 24,000
300
400
151 pages with a remainder of 3
400
Saeed has 28 books at his house. Saeed has 4 times as many books as Efe.
How many books does Efe have?
Efe has 7 books.
400
The store at the mall sells one shirt for $8.
Yelena buys shirts that cost a TOTAL of $56.
She then gives 3 shirts to her sister.
Write the expression to determine how many shirts Yelena has left and solve.
(56 8) - 3 =
Yelena has 4 shirts left.
500
Muaz read 478 pages in 5 days. About how many pages did he read each day?
450 
5 = 90
Muaz read ABOUT 90 pages each day.
500 
5 = 100
Muaz read ABOUT 100 pages each day.
500
Ms. Eggert planted 5,680 seeds for spring. She planted the seeds into 8 rows. What was the total number of seeds that were planted in each row?
710 seeds were planted in each row.
500
3,500 
7 = ________
500
500
Ms. Howe wants to make cookies. She has 287 chocolate chips. She puts 9 chips into each cookie. What is the greatest number of cookies that she can make?
Will she have any chips left over? If so, how many chips will she have left over?
She can make 31 cookies.
She will have 8 chips left over.
500
Ms. Howe is making apple pie.
She has 25 boxes of apples.
In each box there are 15 apples.
She uses 5 apples to make each pie.
How many pies will she be able to make?
25 x 15 = 375 apples
375 5 = 75 pies
Ms. Howe will be able to make 75 pies.
500
In a classroom, there are 12 girls and 12 boys.
For an activity, the students are divided equally into 4 groups.
Write an expression that could be used to find how many students are in each group.
(12 + 12) 
4 =
There are 6 students in each group.
600
Damian is having a party. He has 389 pieces of candy that he wants to split evenly between his 8 friends.
ABOUT how many pieces of candy will each friend get?
400 8 = 50
Each friend will get ABOUT 50 pieces of candy.
600
Ms. Howe made 4,585 cookies to share with her family.
If she equally shares the cookies with 5 people, how many cookies will each person receive?
Each person would receive 917 cookies
600
5,600 
80 = __________
70
600
Maddie and Merkel make 86 gallons of coffee for their new talk show. They are going to pour the coffee into 6 gallon containers.
What is the EXPRESSION that can be used to find how many containers they will need for their coffee?
Solve.
86 6 =
14 full 6 galloon containers are needed for the coffee with 2 gallons remainder.
600
The rule is times 2
600
Ayet finds a bag of 72 marbles and runs to share them with 8 of his friends.
He is so excited that he drops the bag and loses 18 marbles.
How many marbles will AYET AND EACH of his friends get?
(72 - 18) 9 =
54 9 = 6
Ayet and each of his 8 friends will get 6 marbles each.