Rounding off
Properties
Order of operations
Key words
Word problems
100

Round off to the nearest million

4,256,325

4,000,000

100

55 + 44 = 44 + 55

Which property does the above mathematical sentence show?

Commutative property of addition

100

(567 + 63) -175 ÷ 5

595

100

Total

Addition

100

In April Bob sold 245 shirts. In May he sold twice more than in April. In June he sold 150 shirts less than the total of shirts sold in April and May. How many shirts did Bob sell in June?

[245 + (245 ×2)] - 150  

735

200

Round off to the nearest hundred thousand

2,276,228

2,300,000

200

23 x 69 = 69 x 23

Which property does the above mathematical sentence show?

Commutative property of multiplication

200

(125 –17) + 154 ÷ 14

119

200

Give

Subtraction

200

John collected 150 kg of green grapes and 270 kg of red grapes from his garden. Then he packed all of the fruit in boxes of 15 kg each. All of the grapes were sold at 750 dollars per box. What is the total amount of money collected after all the boxes of grape were sold?   

[(150 + 270) ÷ 15] × 750

21,000

300

Round off to the nearest ten thousands

8,750,227

8,750,000

300

45 + (57 + 88) = (45 + 57) + 88

Which property does the above mathematical sentence show?

Associative property of addition

300

1,782 ÷ (59 - 53) + 783

1080

300

Share

division

300

Jane bought 8 similar shirts for $1,280 from a shop. Two days later, she went back to the shop to buy another 5 shirts that were similar. How much did she pay for all 5 shirts?

(1,280 ÷ 8) × 5

800

400

Round off to the nearest thousand

1,556,511

1,557,000

400

25 x (56 x 69) = (25 x 56) x 69

Which property does the above mathematical sentence show?

Associative property of multiplication

400

78 × 9 - (198 + 216)

288

400

Twice

multiplication

400

Marry sold 421 shirts at $250 each. She then uses the money to buy two laptops for $35,000 each. How much money is Mary left with?

(421 × 250) – (35,000 × 2)

35,250

500

Round off to the nearest hundred thousand

3,986,111

4,000,000

500

34 x (17 + 13) = (34 x 17) + (34 x 13)

Which property does the above mathematical sentence show?

Distributive property

500

5755 – 1350 ÷ (6772 – 6682)

5740

500

Each

multiplication/division

500

The entrance fee to a bird park is $200 for an adult and $170 for a student. Ms. Jenny brought 32 students and four other teachers to this bird park. How much was the entrance fee?

[200 × (4 + 1)] + (170 × 32)

6,440