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Word Problems
100

Arrange the following numbers from least to greatest: 

756           7,654                 750                 7,655

750             756              7,654             7,655

100

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100,023  ______   one hundred thousand twenty three

100,023  = one hundred thousand twenty three

100

Round to the nearest thousand 

115, 786

116,000

100

Empire Elementary School needs to purchase enough water bottles for field day. There are 2,142 students. Principal Vade rounded to the nearest hundred to estimate how many water bottles to order. Will there be enough for everyone? Explain. 

2,142 is about 2,000


If the principal rounded to the nearest hundred, the 4 would make the 1 stay the same as 2,142 rounded to the nearest hundred is closer to 2,100. The principal would need to round up to have the right amount of water bottles.

200

Arrange the following numbers from greatest to least: 

92,354        92,453       9,254       92,435

9,254       92,354     92,435    92,453    

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5 ten 16 ones    _____   65

5 ten 16 ones    >   65

200

Round to the nearest hundred thousand

87,987

100,000

200

Opening day at the New York State fair in 2012 had an attendance of 46,753. Decided which place value to round to if you were writing a newspaper article. Why is this an appropriate number to round to?

Rounding to the nearest thousand would be the most appropriate for a newspaper. If you rounded to the nearest thousand you would have estimate 47,000 people in attendance. 

300

Arrange the following numbers from greatest to least: 

145,768           532,192            145,275       147, 987

145,275         145,768       147, 987     532,192    

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7 thousands + 4 hundreds +  32 ones _________


31 hundreds +  9 tens + 18 ones

7 thousands + 4 hundreds +  32 ones  (7,432)  >


31 hundreds +  9 tens + 18 ones ( 3,208)

300

Round to the nearest hundred

675,987

676,000

300

A jet airplane holds about 65,000 gallons of gas. It uses about 7,460 gallons when flying between New York City and Los Angeles. Round each number to the largest place value. The, find about how many trips the plane can take between cities.

65,000 is about 70,000

7,460 is about 7,000


The plan can take about 10 trips. 

400

Arrange the following numbers from least to greatest. Use the words ten time to explain how you ordered the two smallest numbers. 

2,256          76,956          22,560        76,963

2,256       22,560      76,956        76,963


22,560 is ten times 2,256

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10 thousands ____  100,000

10 thousands < 100,000

400

Round to the nearest ten thousands

53, 987

50,000