Multi-step word problems with estimation

Josiah bought 145 boxes of cookies for a party.  Each box contained 26 cookies. When he opened the boxes, 79 cookies were broken, so he threw them away.  How many cookies does he have for the party now?

• 1450
• 3600
• 4000
• 3691

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Arnold was paid $1,653 last month. For each day he worked, he would get paid $87 and he would put $10 of his daily earnings in his savings account. How much money did Arnold put in his savings account last month? 

• $190
• $300
• $250
• $150

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Principal Nalia is collected empty toilet paper rolls for a school project. She received 104 rolls each day for 14 days. She then split the toilet paper rolls evenly among the 23 classes at her school. Any remaining toilet paper rolls were discarded. How many toilet paper rolls did each class receive for their project?

• 63
• 50
• 70
• 60

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mike drives a delivery truck. He drove 265 miles each day for 13 days. On the 14th day he drove 303 miles. How many miles did Mike drive over the fourteen days?

• 2500 miles
• 4000 miles
• 3500 miles
• 3748 miles

Josh built 176 birdhouses over 16 days and made the same number of birdhouses each day. His brother Mark built one less birdhouse than Josh each day. How many birdhouses did Mark build each day?

• 10
• 12
• 11
• 9

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Carrie has run the same number of miles every month for the last 11 months, totaling 858 miles so far. How many total miles will Carrie run after her 12th  month if she repeats what she has done every month so far?

• 1000 miles
• 936 miles
• 900 miles
• 800 miles

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CCSS.4.OA.C.5

Nadia baked 178 trays of mini bundt cakes to sell. Each tray holds 12 bundt cakes. She will package the bundt cakes into boxes of 5. Approximately how many boxes of bundt cakes does Nadia have to sell?

• 360

• 450

• 500
• 350

A company makes 2,431 toys each day. The toys are packaged in groups of 11. Approximately how many packages of toys does the company produce in 53 days?

• 11500
• 12000
• 11000
• 11713