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The wheel has 48 cars.  \nEstimate the total riders by rounding 48 to the nearest ten.  \nAnswer:    \n5.  \nThe fair earned $5,891 from rides and $2,764 from games.  \nEstimate the total earnings by rounding each to the nearest thousand.  \nAnswer:   6.  \nA ring toss game has 9 rows of bottles with about 53 bottles each. Estimate the total bottles by rounding 53 to the nearest ten.  \nAnswer:    \n1  \nMashup Math LLC | Al[l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com)  \n7.  \nThe petting zoo has 7 pens with about 82 animals each. Estimate the total animals by rounding 82 to the nearest ten.  \nAnswer:   8.  \nThe fair has 6 food vendors. Each vendor serves about 215 customers per day.  \nEstimate the total customers served per day by rounding 215 to the nearest hund red.  \nAnswer:   9.  \nA balloon pop game has 496 balloons to share equally among 5 booths. Estimate the balloons per booth by rounding 496 to the nearest hundred.  \nAnswer:   10.  \nThe fair raffled 8 prizes worth about $325 each.  \nEstimate the total prize value by rounding $325 to the nearest hundred.  \nAnswer:   11.  \nThe fair’s 3 biggest rides each served about 1,876 riders over the weekend. Estimate total riders on those 3 rides by rounding 1,876 to the nearest thousand.  \nAnswer:    \nChallenge Problem – Error Analysis  \nA student solved this problem:  \nThe county fair has 6 game booths. Each booth used about 348 tokens per day. A student estimates the total tokens used as about 1,800 .  \nThe student rounded 348 to 300, then multiplied: 300 × 6 = 1,800 .  \nFind their rounding mistake, explain what they did wrong, and find a better estimate.  \nCorrect answer:    \n2  \nMashup Math LLC | Al[l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com)  \nANSWER KEY  \n1. about 4,000 tickets (4,318 → 4,000)  \n2. about 70 players (67 → 70)  \n3. about 320 funnel cakes (40 × 8 = 320)  \n4. about 300 riders (50 × 6 = 300)  \n5. about $9,000 ($6,000 + $3,000 = $9,000)  \n6. about 450 bottles (50 × 9 = 450)  \n7. about 560 animals (80 × 7 = 560)  \n8. about 1,200 customers (200 × 6 = 1,200)  \n9. about 100 balloons (500 ÷ 5 = 100)  \n10. about $2,400 ($300 × 8 = $2,400)  \n11. about 6,000 riders (2,000 × 3 = 6,000)  \nChallenge: about 2,100 tokens  \n(348 rounds to 350; 350 × 6 = 2,100 . Or round to 400: 400 × 6 = 2,400 . )  \nMashup Math LLC | Al[l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com](l Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com)  \n3","cbCaitftT9t4S39M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitftT9t4S39M","pdf",2128303,"English","# Estimating with Word Problems\n## Problem Set 1-11\n## Challenge Problem – Error Analysis\n## Answer Key","[{\"question\":\"How do you solve each estimating word problem on this worksheet?\",\"answer\":\"Read the problem, round the numbers to the nearest specified place value, and then use the rounded values to estimate the answer.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the challenge problem require beyond finding an estimate?\",\"answer\":\"It asks for the student’s rounding mistake, an explanation of what they did wrong, and a better estimate with corrected reasoning.\"},{\"question\":\"Where can you find the correct results for each problem?\",\"answer\":\"The worksheet includes an ANSWER KEY listing estimated answers for problems 1 through 11 and the challenge.\"}]","Estimating with Word Problems - Directions, Answers, and Answer Key | PDF",1790140491]