Finding a number that is close to the exact amount.
What is estimating?
851/2
425 r 1
Mr. Lager has a huge family. They are going on camping trip! He has 323 total people going. If each van holds 6 people, how many vans does he need to rent.
54 vans
52,456/21
2497 r 19
Shelby and Ellie is cutting ribbon into 4 foot pieces for a craft project. How many full pieces can she cut from the 54 foot roll?
13 full pieces
521/4
130 r 1
There are 453 people that tried out for the football team. The coach separated them into teams of 9. How many football players will have to sit out?
3 people
834/3
278
Tina, Kari and Katie won $321 dollars. If they want to split the money evenly, how much money would each person get?
107 dollars
344/7
49 r 1
The girl scouts are trying organize tables for the art projects. They have 45 tables in storage. Each table can display 3 art projects. If there are 83 art projects that need to go on display, how many tables should the pull out of the storage?
28 Tables