Estimation
Estimate the Value: 199 / 2
A. 100
B. 1,000
C. 10,000
D. 100,000
A
56 / 8
7
9 x 4
36
In honor of Harry Potter day, students at Park Elementary collected sticks from a local park to make wands. 23 students from the 4th grade collected 12 sticks each. How many sticks were collected to make wands?
23 x 12= 276
81 / 9
9
Estimate the Value: 10,000 / 4
A. 250
B. 25,000
C. 2,000
D. 2,500
D
714 / 6
119
18 x 4
72
The animal shelter in Austin needs to buy 693 pounds of dog food each week. How many pounds of dog food is being eaten each day?
693 / 7= 99 pounds of dog food
15 x 4
60
Estimate the Value: 60,000 / 5
A. 12
B. 120,000
C. 12,000
D. 15,000
168
26 x 14
364
The chess club at Langley High School is taking a field trip. They will need buses to take them to a tournament in Indiana. Each bus holds 64 kids. There are 130 students in the chess club. How many buses are needed for the trip?
130 / 64= 2 R 2
They need 3 buses.
Jorge earned $20 for every yard he mowed. He mowed 14 lawns in the month of June. He had to pay his dad for the gas for the lawn mower. Jorge deposited $205 in his savings account. How much did the gas cost?
20 x 14= 280
280-205= 75
$75
Estimate the Value: 9,995 / 5
A. 200
B. 2,000
C. 20,000
D. 50,000
B
3,633 / 7
519
37 x 52
1,924
Armando bought 10 dozen donuts for the teachers to have for breakfast. Only 9 teachers show up to eat. If they each get an equal number of donuts, how many donuts will each teacher get?
1 dozen = 12
10 x 12= 120
120/9= 13 R 3
Each teacher gets 13 donuts. There will be 3 left over.
A package of lollipops has 50 lollipops. There are 8 packages of lollipops in one box. Mr. Reed needs enough lollipops so each student at Apollo Elementary gets 2 lollipops. There are a total of 725 students at the school. How many boxes of lollipops should Mr. Reed order?
8 x 50= 400 Lollipops in one box
725 x 2= 1,450 lollipops needed total
1,450/400= 3 R 250
Mr. Reed needs to order 4 boxes to have enough.
Estimate the Value: 99,999 / 5
A. 200
B. 2,000
C. 20,000
D. 50,000
C
2,648 / 8
331
84 x 46
3,864
A pet store just completed its annual inventory. There are twice as many dogs as cats. The total number of snakes is half the number of cats. If there are a dozen snakes, how many animals are there in the pet store?
1 dozen = 12
12 snakes
24 cats
48 dogs
84 animals
The Girl Scout spent 5 days making bracelets to sell as a fundraiser. They made a total of 965. They will sell each bracelet for $6. They spent $135 on supplies. If they sell all the bracelets, what will be their profit?
965- Total Bracelets $6 each $135 Supplies
965 x 6= 5,790
5,790-135= $5,655
They will profit $5,655.