Word Problems 1
At Stop and Shop there are 6,958 packages of cookies sold each week. How many packages of cookies will the store manager need to order if he rounds to the thousands?
7,000
Round 15,233 to the nearest ten.
15,230
Round to the nearest tens:
Then find the sum.
428 + 551
1,000
Round to the nearest tens:
Then find the difference.
. 521 - 398
100
Ashley has attended Gardiner Manor School for 195 days. Ashley tells students that she has been here for almost 300 days. Is this the most accurate answer?
No, this is not accurate because she has been at school for only about 200 days.
Mrs. Smith spent $22,163 on shoes at DSW. If her husband asks her to round the amount of money she spent to the nearest hundred, what will she tell him?
$22,200
Round 24,677 to the nearest hundred.
24,700
Round to the nearest hundreds:
Find the sum.
399 + 749
1,100
Round to the nearest hundreds:
Then find the difference.
1,525 - 1,318
200
Mrs. James has checked out 13,658 books in the library. Mrs. James told students that she checked out almost 13,000 books. Is this the most accurate answer?
No, this is not accurate because she checked out nearly 14,000 books in the library.
The population in the town of Bay Shore is 26,337. The population in the town of West Isle is 28,335. Approximately how many people live in the two towns rounded to the nearest thousand?
55,000
Round 42,138 to the nearest ten thousand.
40,000
Round to the nearest hundreds:
Find the sum.
1,432 + 2,584
4,000
Round to the nearest hundreds:
Then find the difference.
5,287 - 164
5,000
A lottery winner was given about $100,000. Write two numbers that could be the actual amount he won.
Many answers!
Brian earns 21,658 votes in the election for class president. Can Brian say he earned about 20,000 votes? Explain.
Yes, Brian can say this because 21,658 rounded to the nearest ten thousands is 20,000.
Round 423,460 to the nearest thousand
42,000
Round to the nearest ten thousands:
Find the sum.
85,634 + 31,357
Answer: Rounded: 120,000
Round to the nearest ten thousands:
Find thedifference
57,136 - 16,498
80,000
A company made 19,821 pencils for the students of Long Island this year. If there are the same amount of students next year, about how many pencils should they make?
20,000
Matthew and Christopher start a fundraiser for the school. They hope to raise approximately $14,000. Matthew raises $6,132 and Christopher raises $7,844. Did they reach their goal?
Yes, they reached their goal because...
Round 699,412 to the nearest hundred
700,000
Round to the nearest hundred thousands:
Find the sum.
905,775 + 94,251
1,000,000
Round to the nearest hundred thousands:
Find the difference.
224,302 - 567,982
800,000
At McDonald's 305,798 cheeseburgers and 740,062 hamburgers were sold. About how many more hamburgers than cheese burgers were sold?
400,000 more hamburgers than cheeseburgers