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100

Amir's dad looks at the odometer on his car and rounds the mileage to the nearest THOUSAND. He says there are about 133,000 miles on his odometer; write a number of miles that might actually be on the odometer.

Answers will vary

100

Three small planes and three helicopters transported the members of a sports team to Dallas, Texas. Each plane carried 14 members and each helicopter carried 4 members. What was the total number of members that was transported to Dallas?

54 members

100

Convert this fraction to a decimal

9/10

0.9

100
Write the mixed number as an improper fraction

3 4/9

31/9

200

Ryan reads that there are 125,458 flowers planted at the gardens. He rounds this number to the nearest hundred thousand and tells his mom the number. What is the number?

100,000

200

Li-Wei made 36 bracelets out of red yarn and 24 bracelets out of green yarn. She divided all of the bracelets into 4 equal groups. Which equation can be used to find B, the number of bracelets in each group? 

(I DONT WANT YOU SOLVE, JUST GIVE THE EQUATION)

B = (36 + 24) / 4 

200

Convert the fraction to a decimal

18/100

0.18

200

Reduce the following fraction:

16/20

4/5

300

Marisa has 1,501 U.S. coins and 985 foreign coins. Marissa adds 2,000 and 1,000 to estimate the number of coins in her collection. Is Marisa's estimate more or less than the ACTUAL number of coins?

More

300

Michael wants to fence off his garden with bricks. His little garden measures 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. He uses 3 bricks for every foot of the fence. How many bricks does he need to make his garden fence?

24

300

Write 4/100 as a decimal

0.04

300

Compare these fractions

5/6 __ 3/4

5/6 > 3/4

400

Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Montoya work for the same trucking company. Last week Mr. Reynolds drove 4,379 miles. Mr. Montoya drove 6,512. To the nearest hundred, about how many miles did they drive COMBINED?

4,400 + 6,500 = 10,900

400

June went shopping for some grocery her mom. Her mom gave her $20. She bought a carton of milk for $3.50, 2 cans of soup for $1.50 each. and 3 corn dogs for $1.25 each. She paid with her $20 bill. How much change should she get back?

$6.25

400

7.9 + 18.72 = ?

26.62

400

Write the improper fraction as a mixed number

22/3

7 1/3

500

I am the sum of the following 3 numbers:

1,273 rounded to the nearest ten

1,273 rounded to the nearest hundred

1,273 rounded to the nearest thousand

3,570

500


Can you name the mystery 3 digit number?

The product of the 1st and 3rd digit is 8

The 2nd digit is 4 times of the 1st digit

The sum of the 1st and 2nd digit is 10

821

500

63.1 x 5 = ?

315.5

500

Brianna filled an bathtub with 6/8 gallon of water.  Soon she realized that there was only 4/8 gallon of water.  How much water leaked out of the tub?

1/4