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100

62 x 1000

62,000

100

Round each multiple to find the product. 

184 x 210

40,000

100

13 x 3 =

39

100

64 x 21

1,344

100

The weight of elephant is 103 times the weight of a cat.  If the elephant weighs 14,000 pounds, how many pounds does the cat weigh? 

1,000 x 14 = 14,000 so the cat weighs 14 pounds.

200

90 x 10

900

200

Round. 19 x 718

14,000

200

36 x 5 

180

200

132 x 71

9,372

200

Tyrone has 6 times as many marbles as Pam.  Pam has 34 marbles.  Louis has 202 marbles. Who has more marbles, Tyrone or Louis? Explain.

34 x 6 = 204 (Tyrone)

204 > 202 Tyrone has the most marbles.

300

54 x 102

5400

300

Round. 498 x 47

25,000

300

625 x 6

3,750

300

6,301 x 89

560,789

300

A packing crate can hold 205 oranges. There were 6,000 oranges picked at the large grove.  The owner has 32 packing crates.  Does he have enough crates to ship out all of the oranges? 

205 x 32 = 6,560

6,560 > 6,000 : He has enough shipping crates. 

400

10? x 374 = 37,400

102

400

Round 936 x 410

360,000

400

4,893 x 9

44,037

400

23,567 x 315

7,423,605

400

Tia drives 127 miles a week.  Mac drives 23 times as many miles as Tia in a week. How many miles does Mac drive a week? 

2,921 miles

500

Which is equivalent to 5 x 104? Select all that apply.

A. 5 x 10,000

B. 5 x 100,000

C. 5,000

D. 50,000

E. 50 x 103

A, D, E

500

Which does not show a reasonable estimate of 360 x 439? 

A. 100,000

B. 140,000

C. 160,000

D. 180,000

A

500

678,423 x 8

5,427,384

500

50,708 x 404

20,486,032

500

Kaye sends 184 text messages a month. Bo sends 15 times as many text messages a month as Kaye. How many text messages does Bo send?

2,760 text messages