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Helen walked 5 miles a day for 37 days. How many miles did she walk in all?
185
Walt wants to buy shelves that cost $168 each. If he has $500, can he buy three shelves? Explain.
No. He would need $504
Jim is counting the number of palm trees in his neighborhood. There are six neighbors with 10 palms each and 3 neighbors with 7 palms each. How many total palms are in Jim's neighborhood?
81 palms
There are 52 weeks in a year. Jean turned 9 today. How many weeks has Jean been alive?
468
Ali ran for 19 minutes 7 days in a row. About how many minutes did she run today? Is your estimate more or less than the actual and how do you know?
140 minutes - This is more than the actual answer.
Estimate the product: 538 x 3
1,620
Estimate the product: 44 x 8
360 or 320
Estimate the product: 3 x 394
1,200
1,540
Estimate the product: 9 x 52
450
Caps cost $8 and mugs cost $7. How much more do 9 caps cost than 9 mugs?
$18
A fourth grader breathes about 90 gallons of air per hour. Shana, a fourth grader arrives at school a 8:00 AM and leaves at 3:00 PM. How many gallons of air did she breathe at school?
630 gallons
Nia has 5 piles of paper clips. There are 79 paper clips in each pile. She says she has 3,995 paper clips in all. Is her answer reasonable? Explain.
A factory produces 295 care in one week. How many cars does the factory produce in 4 weeks?
1,180 cars
A bike loop is 8 miles long. Ed rode around the loop 18 times. He used compensation to find how far he rode. First, he multiplied 20 x 8 = 160. What should Ed do next?
160 - 16 = 144
There were 14 adults at the Jones family reunion. There were twice as many children as adults at the reunion. How many people attended the reunion?
42 people
The lighthouse is 76 feet tall and has 99 stairs. An ocean liner is 3 times as tall as the lighthouse. How tall is the ocean liner?
228 feet tall
A local grocery store sells potato chips and containers of potato salad. In a single day, they sold 42 bags of barbeque chips and 37 bags of cheddar potato chips. The amount of containers of potato salad sold was six times as many as the amount of potato chips sold. How many containers of potato salad were sold in one day?
474 containers of potato salad.
Greyson rides his bike long distances. On Monday, he rode 12 miles and took a break to eat his lunch. Then, he rode another 19 miles. He did this same schedule for five days. How many total miles did he ride in those five days?
155 miles
Mia and her family have been keeping track of the number of steps they have taken this past week. Mia has taken a total of 45,875 steps. Mia’s sister Luciana has taken 10,761 more steps than Mia. Mia’s brother Jose has walked 15,762 fewer steps than Luciana. How many steps has Jose taken this past week?
40,874 Steps
Oskar collects coins. He had 2,784 coins in his collection before he sold 1,289 to another collector. The coins he has left over are each worth $3. What is the value of his coin collection?
$4,485
Mash Trash, a garbage company, collects trash Monday through Friday.
On Monday, they collect from 16 houses. On Tuesday, they collect from 18 houses. The number of houses they collect from on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday is 9 times as much as Monday and Tuesday combined. How many houses do they collect from on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday?
306 houses
During the summer months, Mateo has two part-time jobs. The first part-time job earns him $230 a week. At the second part-time job, he earns $176 a week. How much will Mateo get paid from both jobs after working 4 weeks?
$1,624
A farmer is watering her crops in the field. In each row of the field, there are 25 corn plants and 62 soybean plants. There are a total of 14 rows of crops. How many total plants are there?
1,218 plants
Crafty Cars Junkyard specializes in having many different types of hubcaps. On Monday, Crafty Cars Junkyard had 21,535 hubcaps. On Tuesday, they received a new load of seven boxes of hubcaps. Each box contained 14 hubcaps. How many hubcaps did they have after receiving the new load?
21,633 hub caps