Estimate to Subtract
Round each number to the nearest thousand to estimate the difference.
2,832- 1,199
What is 2,000
2,468-1,357
What is 1,111
37,215 - 3,107=
What is 34,108
At a tire factory, 3,166 tires were made on Thursday and 2,941 tires were made on Friday. How many more tires were made on Thursday than on Friday?
225 tires
2,540
How much greater is the 5 in the hundreds place than the 4 in the tens place?
What is 10x
Round each number to the nearest ten-thousand to estimate the difference.
37,598- 12,111=
What is 30,000
975- 281=
What is 694
The difference of 18,143 - 5,923=
What is 12,220
Sara scored 2,293 points in a video game. That was 1,536 more than Elvin's score on the same game. How many points did Elvin score?
What is 757 points
Round 25,196 to the nearest thousand
What is 25,000
Round each number to the nearest thousand to estimate the difference.
42,783- 8,395=
What is 35,000
4,674 - 3,369=
What is 1,305
502,869 + 156,946=
What is 345,923
There are 11,500 seats in the basketball arena. For one game, 9,465 seats were filled. How many seats were empty?
What is 2,035 seats
256,253
How much greater is the 2 in the hundred thousands place than the 2 in the hundreds place?
What is 1,000x
Round each number to the nearest thousand to estimate the difference.
565,541- 425,427=
What is 141,000
9,534 - 4,085=
What is 5,449
126,000 - 3,173=
What is 122,827
Bob bought a used car that had 14,854 miles on the odometer. Last year, he drove 8,240 miles. This year, he drove 9,273 miles. How many more miles did he add onto the car since he bought it?
What is 2,659 miles
What is the answer to a subtraction problem called?
What is the Difference
Round each number to the nearest ten to estimate the difference.
54,799- 11,234=
What is 43,570
6000 - 2,173=
What is 3,827
1,000,000- 954,810
What is 45,190
George had $10,000 to spend when he went Christmas shopping this year. He spent $1,184 on his families gifts, and $7,954 on his friends. How Much money did he have left after shopping?
What is $862
Solve 56,032 - 12,548 using estimation.
What is 43,000 (answers will vary)