Estimation Word Problems (unit 1)

At the zoo, 457 students visit the giraffes and 315 adults visit the giraffes. ABOUT how many people visited the giraffes in all? Round to the nearest ten.

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At the zoo, Beverly noticed a sign that said 5,367 people visited the zoo on Monday and 7,699 visited the zoo on Tuesday. ABOUT how many people visited the zoo in total? Round to the nearest hundred.

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Three schools go on a field trip to the zoo. The first school brought 67 people, the second school brought 124 people and the third school brought 89 people. ABOUT how many people did the schools take? Round to the nearest ten.

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The Blank Park Zoo has 372,194 visitors per month. The San Diego Zoo has 784,832 visitors per month. ABOUT how many more visitors does the San Diego Zoo get? Round to the nearest ten thousand.

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The zookeeper tells them that the elephants at the zoo weigh a total of 234,598 pounds combines and the rhinos weigh a total of 94,472 combined. ABOUT how many fewer pounds do the rhinos weigh than the elephants? Round to the nearest thousand.

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Shuler Elementary took 123 4th graders to the zoo and Radiant took 76 4th graders. ABOUT how many 4th graders went from the two schools combined. Round to the nearest ten.

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Round this number to the nearest ten: 824

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Round this number to the nearest thousand: 972,158

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Round this number to the nearest hundred: 32,951

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Round this number to the nearest thousand: 723,821

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