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Rick and his family are driving 911 miles from Minneapolis to Denver. After driving 287 miles, they stopped in Omaha for lunch. Estimate how many miles they have left to drive.
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| Maggie is buying donuts at the bakery for her classmates at school. She wants to buy twice as many donuts as students in her class. Maggie has 18 students in her class. About how many donuts should Maggie buy? |
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Double 18 by adding 18+18 or by multiplying 18X2
(36 donuts) |
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| Andy wants to sort his football cards into boxes that hold 50 cards each. He has 620 football cards. About how many boxes will Andy need to hold all his cards? |
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Divide 620 by 50
(the quotient is 12.4 which means you will have to buy 13 boxes to include the 4 extra cards) |
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The parking lot at Cub Foods
has 24 rows that hold 99 cars each. About how many cars can park in Cub's lot total? |
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Multiply 99 car x 24 row
(2,376 cars in the Cub's lot) |
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| The gas tank on your mom's car holds about 15 gallons. If gas cost $.99 a gallon, about how much does it cost to fill the tank if empty? |
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multiply
$.99 x 15
($14.85) |
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| Latasha collects pennies, in August she collected 1,300 pennies, in September she collected 800 pennies, for October she collected 590 pennies, in November she collected 610 pennies, and in December she collected 995 pennies. About how many pennies did Latasha collect total? |
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| Mr. Benson wants to sort his computer files into folders that hold 30 files each. He has 960 files. About how many folders will Mr. Benson need to hold all the files? |
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| The fish aquarium holds about 30 gallons of water. If five fish can live in one gallon, about how many fish can you put in the tank? |
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Multiply
(30 x 5 = 150 fish) |
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| At a birthday party you counted 60 eyes. How many people were at the party? |
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Divide
(60 divided by 2 = 30 people) |
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| The entire fourth grade class is going to the zoo. There are 3 buses for the field trip. Each bus has the same amount of kids. If there are 90 kids in the fourth grade, how many are on each bus? |
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Divide
(90 divided by 3= 30) |
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| The newspaper reported that four hundred forty people went to the mall on Saturday. The same number of people went to the mall on Sunday. How many people went to the mall for the entire weekend? |
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| The newspaper reported that four hundred forty people went to the mall on Saturday. The same number of people went to the mall on Sunday. How many people went to the mall for the entire weekend? |
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