Estimation Word Problems

Overton Elementary had a PTA meeting last week and 232 students attended, along with 131 parents. About how many people in all attended the meeting?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

Donald has 86 stickers and his sister has 32 stickers. About how many stickers do they have together?

• 118

• 120

• 100

• 110

Jessica loves to collect seashells. She has 217 in her collection. About how many more does she need to have 300 shells in her collection?

• 20

• 80

• 30

• 50

Ricky drove 346 miles on Monday, 151 miles on Tuesday, and 238 miles on Wednesday. About how many miles did her drive on all 3 days combined?

• 600 miles

• 300 miles

• 400 miles

• 500 miles

James read 52 pages of his new book the first day he bought it. The next day he read 61 pages, and 39 pages the next night. If the book has a total of 203 pages, about how many pages does James have left to read in his book?

• 100 pages

• 25 pages

• 50 pages

• 150 pages

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.