Word Problems
Exact answer
Rounding
Estimate the Answer
True or False
100

Linda had 97 cookies for the bake sale.  Her mom baked 89 more and gave them to her.  About how many cookies does Linda have now? (Round off to the nearest hundreds).

About 200 cookies

100

4,746 + 99

4,845

100

Round 768 to the nearest hundred.

800

100

324 + 565

900

100

3,468 rounded to the nearest hundred is 3,400

False.  3,468 rounded to the nearest hundred is 3,500.

200

Raul has $4625.  If he needs $175 more to buy a car, what is the price of the car? Estimate to the nearest thousands.

The car costs about $4800.

200

The sum of 2,893 and 5,215

8,108

200

What is 212 rounded to the nearest hundred?

200

200

786 - 302

500

200

A tv costs $945.  A computer costs $761 more than the tv.  How much does the computer cost?

The computer costs $184.

False.  The computer costs $1706.

300

There are a total of 64 muffins in a bakery.  22 are chocolate chip and 36 are banana.  The rest are lemon poppy.  How many lemon poppy muffins are there? (Exact answer only)

There are 6 lemon poppy muffins.

300

5,387 - 999

4,388

300

Round 3,622 to the nearest hundred.

3,600

300

8,762 - 333

8,500

300

The difference is the answer to a subtraction problem.

True.

400

Miss Willingham drove 205 miles on Saturday.  She drove 40 miles less on Saturday than on Sunday.  How many miles did she drive on Sunday? (Exact answer only)

She drove 245 miles on Sunday.

400

What is the difference between 4290 and 2165?

2,125

400

Round 7,901 to the nearest hundred.

7,900

400

4,297 + 1,125

5400

400

In order to solve the following problem, you need to subtract:

Charles has $355. If he needs $75 more to buy a phone, how much does the phone cost?

False.  In order to solve the problem, you need to add. 

 $355 + $75 = the cost of the phone

500

Luis has 4788 American stamps.  He has 532 more European stamps than American stamps.  How many stamps does he have altogether. (Exact answer only)

Luis has 10,108 stamps.

500

When 238 is subtracted from a number, the answer is 924.  What is the number?

1,162

500

What is 9,995 rounded to the nearest hundred?

10,000

500

8,310 - 426

7,900

500

When making a bar model that has several short bars joined together into one long bar, it is showing addition.

True.