Place Value
Estimation/Rounding
Addition/Subtraction
Word Problems
Mental Math
100
The place value of the 4 in the number: 234,956.69
What is thousands?
100
This number rounded to the ten thousands place: 34,543.
What is 35,000?
100
1,345 + 23,094 is.
What is 24,439?
100
It's 450 km from Fredericton to Halifax. It's 4625 km from Frederiction to Edmonton. How much closer is Fredericton to Halifax than to Edmonton?
Fredericton is 4175 km closer to Halifax than Edmonton.
100
A chocolate chake has 2285 calories. A carton of ice cream has 2465 calories. About how many calories are in both of these together?
About 4800 calories are in these together.
200
The value of the number 5 in the number: 598,876.09
What is 500,000?
200
5,123 rounded to the tens place.
What is 5,120?
200
345,769 +24,093 is.
What is 369,862?
200
In the year 1215, the Magna Carta was signed. How many years ago is that?
What is 795 years?
200
Use at least 2 different strategies to answer the following question: 6145 + 3007
Answers vary. Teachers check.
300
The number in the thousandths place in this number: 345,678,039.002
What is 2?
300
844.57 rounded to the nearest whole number.
What is 845.00?
300
24,000 - 9,999 =
What is 14,001?
300
For a Read-A-Thon, Natalie read 786 pages. Kevin read 815 pages and Mario read 623 pages. Altogether they read how many pages?
What is 2224 pages?
300
Use at least 2 strategies to subtract the following numbers: 7478 - 6002
Strategies will vary. Answer: 1476
400
What is the place value of the number 7 in the number: 7,094,345.435
What is millions?
400
When a number is rounded to the nearest whole number it is the same as rounding to this place.
What is ones place?
400
34,230 - 23,490 =
What is 10,740?
400
Members of the school council raised $7000. They plan to buy sports equipment for $3596 and library books for $3438. Did they raise enough to make the purchases?
The equipment and books cost $7034 in total. School council only raised $7000. They did not raise enough money.
400
Use the Expanded Form strategy to solve the following problem. 3741 - 2802
Strategies vary. Answer: 939
500
How would you say the number: 3,345,135.45
What is three million, three hundred forty-five thousand, one hundred thirty-five and forty-five hundredths?
500
346,780.963 rounded to the nearest hundredths.
What is 346,780.960?
500
12,345,678 + 42,345 is.
What is 12,388,023?
500
Mount Alberta, Alberta is 3620 m above see level. Mount Odin, Nunavut is 2147 m above sea level. How much higher is Mount Alberta than Mount Odin?
Mount Alberta is 1473 m higher than Mount Odin.
500
Choose one of the mental math subtraction strategies and explain it using words and examples.
answers vary