Estimating
Division
Word Problems
100

What expression will provide the best estimate for the quotient of 1789 / 29?

1800 / 30

100

Which is the quotient?

24,000 / 80

300

100

Janette earns $13 each hour walking dogs. She earned $585 last month. For how many hours did she walk dogs last month?

535 /13 = 41 hours

200

Trevor wrote 31,435 lines of programming code this month. he wrote about the same number of lines each day. About how many lines of code did he write each day?

30,000 / 30 = 1000

200

Write a multiplication equation using the letter b you could use to solve 480/12

12 x b = 480

200

A rectangle has an area of 1,104 meters. The width of the rectangle is 23 meters. What is the length? 

1104 / 23 =48 meters

300

What is the best estimate of 3,988 / 19?

4,000 / 20 = 200

300

What is the quotient? 

435 / 54

54 X 5 = 270

435-270 = 165

54 X 3 = 162

165-162 = 3

8 R 3


300

Tickets for the ballet cost $46 each. James has a budget of $1800 to purchase ballet tickets. How many ballet tickets can James purchase?

39 tickets

400

Jenny reviews lines of computer code. She has 3,843 lines of code. Jenny can review an average of 47 lines per hour. About how many hours will it take Jenny to review the entire program?

4000 / 50 = 80 hours

400

There are 18,000 envelopes in packs of 60. How many packs of envelopes are there?

18,000 / 60 = 300

400

A party supply store manager is packaging party hats for sale. There are 504 party hats. How many hats can the manager place in each package so that there are not hats left over (hint - no remainders)? Choose all that apply:

A: 12.     B. 15.  C. 21.  D. 24

A: 504 / 12 = 45

C. 405 / 21 = 24

D 504 /24 = 21