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100

900 x 10

9,000

100

What is 36,459 rounded to the nearest thousands place? 

36,000

100

513 x 6

3078

100

100 / 5

20

100

If June bought $15 worth of pencils, $9 on markers, and $15 on notebooks, how much did she spend in all?

$39

200

10x 46

46,000

200

What is 1,980,456 rounded to the nearest hundred- thousands place?

2,000,000

200

78 x 41

3,198

200

85 / 3

28 r 1

200

A restaurant sold 27 pieces of cake at lunch and 63 pieces at dinner. How many more slices were sold at dinner than lunch?

36 more slices

300

2000 x 420

840,000

300

Estimate the sum

3642 + 345

Answers will vary. 4000+300 = 4300 

OR 

3600+300 = 3900

300

370 x 75

27,750

300

542 / 5

108 r 2

300

Alee is traveling to Hawaii which is 2,875 miles away. If she sailed at 5 mph, about how long will it take her to get there?

575 hours 

400

7,000 / 100

70

400

Estimate the difference

12,428 - 678

Answers will vary: 10,000-700 = 9,300

OR

12,000-700 = 11,300

400

987 x 12

11,844

400

6409 / 6

1068 R 1

400

Finley is training for a cross country bicycle trip. If he bicycles 34 miles each day for 68 days, how many total miles does he bicycle? 

2,312 miles

500

40,000 / 800

50

500

You have about $250 to spend on clothes. You spend $54 on shirts, $45 on pants, and $22 on socks. Estimate how much money you have left?

Estimates may vary:

55 + 50 + 25 = $130. $250-130 = $120. You would have about $120 left. 

50 + 50 + 20 = $120. $250-120 = $130. You would have about $130 left.

500

345 x 123

42,435

500

468 / 12

39

500

The school is taking 255 students on a field trip.  Each school bus can hold 55 people.  What is the minimum amount of buses needed for the field trip?

5 buses