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100

What's 8.5 x 10?

85

100

What is the best estimate for 9.99 x 1.11?

10

100

What's 3.5 x 2?

7

100

Professor Burger wants to make 100 burgers for his friends. Each burger weighs 0.9 pounds. What is the total weight of all the burgers?

90 pounds

Half points: just the number

100

What is 1 - 0.99?

0.01

200

What's 9.64 x 102?

964

200

What is the best estimate for 10.49 x 2.01?

21

Half points: 20

200

What's 0.4 x 0.6?

0.24

200

Mr. Cheema has 30 students in the classroom. If Mr. Cheema gives each student $0.50, how much money did he give his whole class?

$15

Half points: no dollar sign

200

What's 0.26 x 2?

0.52

300

What's 5.8 x 0.01?

0.058

300

DO NOT SOLVE. Give two estimates for how to write this expression: 8.47 x 3.01

8 x 3

9 x 3

300

What's 1.2 x 0.03?

0.036

300

I gave each of my friends $0.27. I have 7 friends. How much money did I give total?

$1.89

Half points: no dollar sign

300

Spongebob and Patrick weigh 240 pounds total. Patrick weighs twice as much as Spongebob. How much does Patrick weigh?

160 pounds

400

What's 8.7 x 0.001?

0.0087

400

What is the best estimate for 8.2 x 4.812?

40

400

What's 0.98 x 0.12?

0.1176

400

During the APEX Fun Run, Eagly drank 0.7 liters of water. Mr. Hobbs drank 0.9 times as much. How much water did Mr. Hobbs drink?

0.63 liters of water

Half points: no units

400

If you were to draw a model of 0.5 x 0.3, how many hundredth squares would you have shaded with both colors?

15 hundredth squares

500

What's (7.4x102) - (740x100)?

0

500

What is the best estimate for (102 x 0.2) / 2.08

10
500

What's 0.0987 x 0.123?

0.01214

500

Mr. Allen pays Mr. Cheema $1.50 per hour for up to 40 hours. If Mr. Cheema works more than 40 hours, his rate doubles. How much does Mr. Cheema earn if he worked 42 hours?

$66

Half points: no dollar sign

500

If you are given 1.4 x 102 pencils and they need to be split amongst three classes, how many pencils does each student get and how many are left over?

Mr. Cheema has 30 students.

Mrs. Martinez has 28 students.

Mrs. Lamb has 27 students.

Each student gets 1 pencil. 55 are left over