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To the nearest thousand, about how many people live in the city?\u003Cbr>2) Jerry's town recycled 36,839 pounds of paper and 11,060 pounds of plastic last year. To the nearest thousand, about how many pounds did the town recycle in all?\u003Cbr>3) Victor walked 406 steps in the morning and 490 steps in the afternoon. To the nearest ten, about how many steps did he walk that day?\u003Cbr>4) A parking lot has 219 cars on the first floor and 778 cars on the second floor. To the nearest ten, about how many cars are parked in all?\u003Cbr>5) A charity raised 28,467 dollars in one week and 18,337 dollars the next week. To the nearest thousand, about how many dollars did the charity raise in all?\u003Cbr>6) Nancy counted 448 shells on the beach and Sam counted 436 shells. To the nearest ten, about how many shells did they count together?\u003Cbr>7) A park ranger counted 1,037 pine trees and 2,031 oak trees in a forest. To the |  |  |  |  | 1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.  \u003Cbr>8.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | nearest hundred, about how many trees did the ranger count?\u003Cbr>A farm has 4,685 apple trees and 2,040 peach trees. To the nearest hundred, about how many trees does the farm have? |  |  |  | 9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A library owns 7,410 books. 3,823 of them are checked out. To the nearest hundred, about how many books are still on the shelves? |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | A library owns 677 books. Right now 108 of them are checked out. To the nearest ten, about how many books are still on the shelves? |  |  |  | 12.  \u003Cbr>13. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) | Gwen planted 159 seeds in the spring and 438 seeds in the summer. To the nearest ten, about how many seeds did she plant in all? |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) | George ran a website that got 24,426 clicks in March and 27,489 clicks in April. To the nearest thousand, about how many clicks did the site get over the two months? |  |  |  | 15.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) | A charity wants to raise 71,615 dollars. So far it has raised 40,821 dollars. To the nearest thousand, about how many more dollars does it need? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) | A library added 612 new books in spring and 545 new books in fall. To the nearest ten, about how many books did the library add in all? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) | A bakery baked 7,547 cookies today. It sold 3,734 of them by noon. To the nearest hundred, about how many cookies are still unsold? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | Math\u003Cbr>[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com)\u003Cbr>10\u003Cbr>1-10\u003Cbr>11-15 | 93 | 87 | 80 |  | 73 | 67 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 |\n|  |  | 27 | 20 | 13 |  | 7 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nEstimating Sums and Differences (Word)  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Round each number, then estimate the answer. |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1)\u003Cbr>2)\u003Cbr>3)\u003Cbr>4)\u003Cbr>5)\u003Cbr>6)\u003Cbr>7) | A city has 38,069 adults and 18,276 children. To the nearest thousand, about how many people live in the city?\u003Cbr>Jerry's town recycled 36,839 pounds of paper and 11,060 pounds of plastic last year. To the nearest thousand, about how many pounds did the town recycle in all?\u003Cbr>Victor walked 406 steps in the morning and 490 steps in the afternoon. 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