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To the nearest hundred, about how many flowers are in the garden? |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | A warehouse stored 80,929 bottles of water. Trucks carried away 23,308 of them. To the nearest thousand, about how many bottles are still in the |  |  |  | 2.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | warehouse?\u003Cbr>A concert had 16,703 people on the floor and 15,477 people in the seats. To the nearest thousand, about how many people were at the concert? |  |  |  | 3.  \u003Cbr>4. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A video was watched 32,794 times on Saturday and 20,882 times on Sunday. To the nearest ten thousand, about how many times was it watched over the weekend? |  |  |  | 5.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A stadium sold 2,407 hot dogs and 6,092 pretzels during a game. To the nearest hundred, about how many snacks were sold in all? |  |  |  | 6.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | Vanessa's website had 32,877 visitors in March and 28,688 visitors in April. To the nearest thousand, about how many visitors did it have in the two months? |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | A zoo counted 3,373 visitors on Saturday and 3,638 visitors on Sunday. To the nearest hundred, about how many visitors came over the weekend? |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | Mike's town recycled 36,253 pounds of paper and 26,573 pounds of plastic last year. To the nearest thousand, about how many pounds did the town recycle in all? |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A forest has 69,359 trees. A storm knocked down 35,821 of them. To the nearest thousand, about how many trees are still standing in the forest? |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | Paul walked 301 steps in the morning and 321 steps in the afternoon. To the nearest ten, about how many steps did he walk that day? |  |  |  | 12.  \u003Cbr>13. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) | A charity hopes to raise 55,426 dollars. So far it has raised 37,530 dollars. To the nearest thousand, about how many more dollars does the charity need? |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) | A game had 88,492 players sign up. So far 30,451 of them have logged in. To the nearest ten thousand, about how many players have not logged in yet? |  |  |  | 15.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) | A charity hopes to plant 64,527 trees. So far it has planted 17,518 trees. To the nearest thousand, about how many more trees does it need to plant? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) | Ned walked 1,240 steps before lunch and 1,824 steps after lunch. To the nearest hundred, about how many steps did he walk today? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) | A stadium holds 77,588 fans. So far 17,279 tickets have been sold. To the nearest thousand, about how many seats are still empty? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | Math\u003Cbr>[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com)\u003Cbr>1\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) | A garden has 5,427 tulips and 2,286 daisies. To the nearest hundred, about how many flowers are in the garden? |  |  |  | 1.  7,700  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 2) | A warehouse stored 80,929 bottles of water. Trucks carried away 23,308 of them. To the nearest thousand, about how many bottles are still in the |  |  |  | 2.  58,000  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | warehouse?\u003Cbr>A concert had 16,703 people on the floor and 15,477 people in the seats. To the nearest thousand, about how many people were at the concert? |  |  |  |","cbCaib4uequiCX89","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib4uequiCX89","pdf",45343,"English","# Instructions\n## Round then Estimate","[{\"question\":\"What is the main task of this worksheet?\",\"answer\":\"Round each number to the given place value, then estimate the final answer for each word problem.\"},{\"question\":\"Which types of word problems are included?\",\"answer\":\"Problems involve sums and differences in real-life contexts like plants, bottles, attendance, views, snacks, visitors, recycling, and goals.\"},{\"question\":\"How do you know what rounding place value to use?\",\"answer\":\"Each problem specifies the target place value, such as nearest hundred, nearest thousand, or nearest ten thousand.\"}]","Estimating Sums and Differences - Worksheet | PDF"]