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Estimation
Decomposing
100

What is the sum? 

345+612

957

100

What is the difference?

412-237

175

100

Danny has $54,386 to give to three charities. He gives one charity $14,200. How much money does Rick have left for the remaining charities? 

$40,186

100

What is a reasonable estimate for the sum of 243 + 678 + 190? 

Hint: hundreds 

1,110

100

How would you decompose this number?  

567

500+60+7 

200

What is the sum? 

2,493+8,439

10,932

200

What is the difference? 

2,482-1,139

1,343

200

The Foote family goes on a road trip for a total of 1,763 miles. They drive 690 miles and stop. They drive another 211 miles before stopping a second time. How many miles are left to drive? 

862 miles. 

200

What is a reasonable estimate for the sum of 32,845+44,921

Hint: ten-thousands

78,000

200

Decompose this number 32,467

30,000+2,000+400+60+7

300

What is the sum? 

52,328+33,591

85,919

300

What is the difference? 18,536-4,790

13,746

300

Xavier and Haven are saving money to buy some new bikes together. So far, they have $3,593 in their bank account. Haven has put in $2,258. How much money has Xavier put into the account? 

$1,335

300

What's a reasonable estimate for the sum 1,074 + 3,132 + 2,608

Hint: thousands

7,000

300

How would you decompose the second number to subtract

96,587-85,342

80,000+5,000+300+40+2

400

What is the sum? 

292,640+8,950

301,590

400

What is the difference 96,587-85,342 

11,245

400

Vivian needs rhinestones to make cheer bows for the competition. The pink bows need 2,315 rhinestones. The red bows need 862 more rhinestones than the pink bows. The silver bows need 1,427 fewer rhinestones than the pink bows. How many rhinestones does Vivian need? 

6,380 rhinestones

400

What is a reasonable estimate for the difference of 56,728 – 29,486? 

28,000

400

How would you decompose the first number to add 

326,413 + 86,702

300,000+20,000+6,000+400+10+3

500

What is the equation you could write to find the total weight of a giraffe and an elephant 

12,856 + 6,767 = p

500

What is the equation you could write to find the difference in weights between the hippopotamus and the giraffe

108,324-6,767=d

500

Greyhound Intermediate is selling popsicles every Friday for three weeks straight. After the first week, they sold 1,086 popsicles. During the second week, they sold 2,054 more popsicles than in the first week. During the third week, they sold 543 fewer popsicles than in the second week. How many popsicles did they sell each week (show with a table/picture), and in total? 

In all: 5,737

500

What is a reasonable estimate for the sum 4,387 + 9,654 + 12,276?

26,000

500

How would you decompose both addends

5,627+1,341

5,000+600+20+7+1,000+300+40+1