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(No calculators.)  \n1. The book fair sold 387 bookmarks on Monday and 614 on Tuesday.About how many bookmarks were sold in all?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   +   =    \n2. A class bought 129 stickers. Another class bought 278 stickers.About how many stickers did they buy altogether?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   +   =    \n3. The book fair sold 842 pencils in the morning and 396 pencils in the afternoon.About how many pencils were sold that day?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   +   =    \n4. A teacher ordered 48 packs of bookmarks. Each pack has 19 bookmarks.About how many bookmarks did the teacher order?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   ×   =    \n5. The fair earned $4,892 on Thursday and $3,107 on Friday.About how much money did the fair earn on those two days?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   +   =    \n1  \nMashup Math LLC | All Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com  \n6. A student has $50 to spend. They buy 3 books that cost $14 each.About how much money will the student spend?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   ×   =    \n7. The fair received 1,248 new books. They put 6 boxes on each table. There are 21tables.  \nAbout how many boxes are on all the tables?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   ×   =    \n8. A school ordered 275 small prizes for the fair. They also ordered 189 medium prizes.About how many prizes were ordered in all?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   +   =    \nChallenge Problem (Show your thinking)  \n9. The book fair is packing 1,965 books into boxes. Each box holds about 48 books.  \na) About how many boxes will they need?  \nEstimate:   Show rounding:   ÷   =    \nb) Is your estimate more likely to be a little too high or too low? Explain in one sentence.  \n2  \nMashup Math LLC | All Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com  \nANSWER KEY  \n(Answers shown using one reasonable rounding strategy.)  \n1. 387 ≈ 400 and 614 ≈ 600 → 1,000  \n2. 129 ≈ 130 and 278 ≈ 280 → 410  \n3. 842 ≈ 800 and 396 ≈ 400 → 1,200  \n4. 48 ≈ 50 and 19 ≈ 20 → 1,000  \n5. 4,892 ≈ 4,900 and 3,107 ≈ 3,100 → 8,000  \n6. 14 ≈ 15 → 3 × 15 = 45  \n7. 21 ≈ 20 → 6 × 20 = 120  \n8. 275 ≈ 300 and 189 ≈ 200 → 500  \nChallenge (9)  \na) 1,965 ≈ 2,000 and 48 ≈ 50 → 2,000 ÷ 50 = 40  \nb) Too low (because the real number of boxes is slightly more than 40; using 50 books perbox makes the quotient smaller) .  \n3  \nMashup Math LLC | All Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com","cbCaihIbNJLNzEQC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihIbNJLNzEQC","pdf",2189171,"English","# Multi-Step Estimation Problems\n## Practice Problems\n## Challenge Problem\n## Answer Key","[{\"question\":\"What method do you use to solve the problems?\",\"answer\":\"Round the numbers to make the math easier, then solve the estimated problem using the rounded values.\"},{\"question\":\"Are calculators allowed for these questions?\",\"answer\":\"No. The directions say to solve without calculators.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the challenge problem ask you to do?\",\"answer\":\"Estimate the number of boxes needed to pack about 1,965 books when each box holds about 48 books, then explain whether the estimate is too high or too low.\"}]","Multi-Step Estimation Problems - Worksheet - Rounding to Make Math Easier | PDF",1790132179]