Word Problems
Estimation
Addition/Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
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A chocolate factory usually makes 40,892 pieces of chocolate per month. In the month before Valentine's Day they make 67,392 pieces more than their usual monthly amount. How many pieces of chocolate do they make in total the month before Valentine's Day?
What is 108,284
100
What is 325,937 rounded to the nearest ten thousand?
What is 330,000
100
59,302 + 82,971
What is 142,273
100
Draw an array to represent 6 x 9. What is the product?
What is 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100
On your whiteboard, show 128 divided by 4 by using groups. You can either use dots or base ten blocks inside of each group.
What is l l l . . l l l . . l l l . . l l l . .
200
Riddle elementary earned $52,083 from the 2014 Fall Festival. Last year the school earned $37,284. How much more money did Riddle earn in 2014 than in 2013?
What is $14,799
200
What is 600,638 rounded to the nearest thousand?
What is 601,000
200
482,915 + 284,910
What is 767,825
200
How could you use the double/half strategy to solve 14 X 8?
What is Double 14 and half 8 to equal 28 x 4 and then double 28 and half 4 to equal 56 x 2. Simply double 56 to equal 112.
200
Write the two division sentences in the fact family for 45 x 6 and 6 x 45.
What is 270 / 6 = 45 and 270 /45 = 6
300
Mrs. Emery bought 28 packages of silly bands for her prize bucket. Mrs. Yates bought 42 packages of silly bands. If each package contained 12 silly bands, how many more bands did Mrs. Yates have than Mrs. Emery?
What is 168 silly bands
300
List two numbers that when rounded to the nearest ten thousand equal 650,000
What is 1. 2. (teacher check answers as they will vary)
300
893,725 - 74,981
What is 818,744
300
What is 79 x 48? Use partial products to solve.
What is 3,792
300
What is 329 divided by 7?
What is 47
400
The Rosser family had a garage sale last Saturday. The family combined all of their belongings and decided to split the earnings evenly between all 4 of them. If they earned a total of $540, how much did each person get?
What is $135 per person
400
List two numbers that when rounded to the nearest hundred thousand equal 700,000.
What is 1. 2. (teacher check answers as they will vary)
400
3,800,732 - 1,274,914
What is 2,525,818
400
What is 378 x 24? Use partial products to solve.
What is 9,072
400
The 5th grade is taking a trip to Sky Ranch. There are 153 5th graders. If 8 students can fit on a bus, how many total buses do they need in order to drive all students to Sky Ranch?
What is 20 buses (the remainder means they need one more bus)
500
Hailey had a total of 78 red beads and 82 blue beads. Jessica had 93 green beads and 59 purple beads. If the girls combined their beads and divided them equally between themselves and their two other friends, how many beads will each girl receive?
What is 78 beads
500
List two numbers that when rounded to the nearest ten thousand equal 650,000 and when rounded to the nearest hundred thousand equal 700,000.
What is 1. 2. (teacher check answers as they will vary)
500
392,756 + 82,348 - 103,728 =
What is 371,376
500
What is 2,371 x 23?
What is 54,533
500
What is 2,133 divided by 9?
What is 237