Estimate
Word Problems
Unit Costs
Better Buy?
Word Problems Part II
100
Estimate the following product. Show which numbers you used. 8.7 x 4.1
What is 9 x 4 = 36
100
You buy a pack of 16 collector's cards for $3.25. Find the price for each card. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $0.20 or 20 cents
100
A package of 10 T-shirts costs $12.99. What is the cost per T-shirt? Round to the nearest cent.
What is $1.30
100
Better Buy? 20 oz bottle of soap for $4.99 or 8 oz bottle of soap for $1.79?
What is 8 oz bottle
100
Each photo on your cell phone takes up approximately .002 megabytes of space. If you have 10 megabytes of storage remaining on your phone, what is the maximum number of pictures can you store on your phone?
What is 5,000 pictures
200
Estimate the product. Show which numbers you used. 11.92 x 1.7
What is 12 x 2 = 24
200
Whole foods has a five pound bag of potatoes for $6.99 and a two pound bag of potatoes for $2.99. What is the unit cost for the five pound bag of potatoes? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $1.40 per pound
200
A 6-pack of Coca-Cola costs $2.99. What is the unit cost (price per bottle)? Round to the nearest cent.
What is $0.50
200
Better Buy? Package of 20 Expo markers for $21.99 or a package of 12 expo markers for $12.49?
What is package of 12 markers.
200
You and three friends buy a birthday present for your brother and share the cost equally. If the gift costs $36.72, including tax, how much does each person pay for the gift?
What is $9.18
300
Estimate the following quotient. Show which numbers you used. 62.8 divided by 8.7
What is 63 divided by 9 = 7
300
Whole foods has a five pound bag of potatoes for $6.99 and a two pound bag of potatoes for $2.99. What is the unit cost for the two pound bag of potatoes? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What is $1.50
300
A box that contains 8 rolls of wrapping paper costs $19.99. What is the unit cost (cost per roll)? Round to the nearest cent.
What is $2.50
300
What is the cheapest way to get 24 pencils if you can buy 3 packs of 8, and each pack costs $2.99 or 2 packs of 12, and each of those packs costs $3.89?
What is 2 packs of 12 3 packs of 8 cost $8.97 2 packs of 12 costs $7.78
300
The weight of an object on Venus is about 0.91 of its weight on Earth. How much would a 180 pound astronaut weigh on Venus?
What is 163.8 pounds
400
Estimate the following quotient. Show which numbers you used. 33.1 divided by 8.2
What is 32 divided by 8 = 4
400
Whole foods has a five pound bag of potatoes for $6.99 and a two pound bag of potatoes for $2.99. Which bag of potatoes is the "better buy"? Round your answer to the nearest cent AND write a sentence to explain your choice.
What is the 5 lb bag of potatoes because it is $1.40 per pound and the 2 pound bag of potatoes is $1.50 per pound. The 5 pound bag is cheaper per pound.
400
A box that contains 12 cans of tomato soup costs $9.29 at Sam's Club. What is the unit cost? Round to the nearest cent.
What is $0.77
400
A package of 12 cupcakes costs $5.99 and a package of 2 cupcakes costs $1.05. If Taulant wants to buy 12 cupcakes, what is the CHEAPEST way that he can do that?
What is Buy 1 package of 12.
400
James bought 3 rolls of ribbon to wrap holiday gifts. Each roll contains 18.2 yards of ribbon. If James uses 1.25 yards of ribbon for each gift, what is the maximum number of gifts he can wrap?
What is 43 gifts
500
John uses 1.75 gallons of water each time he washes dishes. If he washes dishes 3 times a day, approximately how many gallons of water will he use in one week?
What is 2 x 3 x 7 = 42 gallons of water
500
James needs to buy 72 crayons for a math project. Target sells crayons in packs of 8 and packs of 12. The package of 8 costs $2.99 per pack and the pack of 12 costs $3.89 per pack. Which would be the least expensive way for James to buy 72 crayons?
What is 6 packs of 12 9 packs of 8 costs $26.91 6 packs of 12 costs $23.34 for 6 packs.
500
A package of 12 pencils costs $4.99. What is the unit cost? Round to the nearest cent.
What is $0.42
500
Which is the better buy? 3/4 lb of nuts for $5.95 or 1/2 lb of nuts for $3.89?
What is 1/2 pound bag for $3.89; it is cheaper per pound.
500
Alexis wants to buy a new game system that costs $349, including tax. If she saves $6.50 each week for 16 weeks, how much more money does she need to save to purchase the camera?
What is $245