Add or Subt.
Estimation
Challenge
Spooky Treats
100

The number of students from Clark that ate at Dairy Queen was 312 on Friday and 343 on Saturday. How many students from Clark ate at Dairy Queen on Friday and Saturday combined?

Addition; 655 students

100

Round 489 to the nearest hundred

500

100

The first week of school, Mrs. Olstad gave out 119 pieces of candy. The next week, she gave out 38 fewer pieces of candy. How much candy did Mrs. Olstad give out in the second week?

81 pieces of candy

100

During science, Mrs. Olstad and Mrs. Kelly had the kids dissect frogs. In all, the students found 4,564 maggots during the dissection. ABOUT how many maggots did the students find? Estimate to the nearest thousand.

5,000

200

Hannah's new Bows R US store had 255 bows. They sold 138 the first day they were opened. How many bows does Bows R US have left?

Subtraction; 117 bows

200

Ian has 2,352 cards in his baseball card collection. How many baseball cards does Ian have rounded to the nearest hundred?

2,400

200

There are 68 second graders. 29 of them sing in the Choir at school. The rest of them take ART.  How many students take Art classes?

39 students take ART

200

Parker was playing Mario Cart on the Wii. He scored 175 points in the first round of the game and 166 points in the second round. In the 3rd round of the game, he scored 120 points. How many more points did Parker score in all 3 rounds?

461 points.

300

Tyler started his own lawn mowing business. During the first week, he earned $34. Week 2, he earned $49 and during week 3, he earned $56. How much money did Tyler earn? 

$139

300

Hannah's Bows R US expect 458 shoppers on the day of their grand opening. By noon, they had 318 shoppers. ABOUT how many more shoppers does Hanna's Bows need to reach their goal?

200 shoppers

300

Joseph and his family went on a hiking trip in the mountains of North Carolina. In 2 days, they hiked a total of 54 miles. On the first day, they hiked 18 miles. How many miles did they hike the second day?

subtraction; 36 miles

300

387 + 289

676

400

Christy was egg hunting again. During the first egg hunt, she found 28 eggs. On the second hunt, she found 43 eggs and on the third egg hunt, she found 54 eggs. How many eggs did Christy find?

Add; 125 eggs

400

There are 476 students at Clark that have siblings. What is 476 rounded to the nearest tens?

480

400

On Monday, the student at Clark ate 234 ice cream sandwiches. On Tuesday, they ate 58 more than on Monday. How many ice cream sandwiches did the students at Clark eat on Monday and Tuesday combined?

526 ice cream sandwiches

400

Jack is counting the number of chairs needed for his birthday party. He invited 189 girls and 244 boys and wants to find the closest estimate of chairs needed for the party. Which is the BEST estimate to the nearest 100?

400 chairs

500

Joseph went toy shopping and spent $158. Mr. D went toy shopping too and he spent $284. How much more money did Mr. D spend than Joseph on toy shopping?

$126 (subtraction)

500

Aditi found 35 shells at the beach on Friday, 78 shells on Saturday and 52 on Sunday. ABOUT how many shells did Aditi find on the beach on the 3 days she went shell hunting?

170 shells

500

add 56 + 38

94

500

For Halloween, Mrs. Pease released 457 bugs in the classroom to bite at the feet of the boys and girls who don't pay attention during math. This made the class furious!! As soon as they saw the bugs, they smashed 338 of them. How many bugs are left in the classroom?

119 bugs