Estimating Answers in Grade 4 Math Word Problems

A farmer has 120 apples. He sells 45 apples at the market. How many apples does he have left? Estimate your answer first.

• 75 apples

• 90 apples

• 60 apples

• 100 apples

Lily has 3 packs of stickers. Each pack contains 25 stickers. How many stickers does she have in total? Estimate before calculating.

• 75 stickers

• 60 stickers

• 100 stickers

• 50 stickers

A baker made 200 cookies. If he puts them into boxes of 10, how many boxes will he fill? Estimate the number of boxes needed.

• 15

• 25

• 20

• 30

Tom read 15 pages of a book on Monday and 20 pages on Tuesday. How many pages did he read in total? Estimate your answer first.

• 25 pages

• 40 pages

• 35 pages

• 30 pages

A toy store has 150 toys. If they sell 37 toys in one day, how many toys are left? Estimate the remaining toys.

• 90

• 113

• 120

• 100

Sarah bought 4 bags of flour. Each bag weighs 5 pounds. What is the total weight of the flour? Estimate before calculating.

• 20 pounds

• 10 pounds

• 25 pounds

• 15 pounds

A school has 300 students. If 75 students are absent, how many students are present? Estimate your answer first.

• 250

• 300

• 225

• 200

A gardener planted 48 flowers in 6 rows. How many flowers are in each row? Estimate the number of flowers per row.

• 6

• 12

• 10

• 8

A library has 500 books. If 125 books are checked out, how many books remain in the library? Estimate your answer first.

• 250

• 500

• 375

• 3750

A pizza has 8 slices. If 3 friends share the pizza equally, how many slices does each friend get? Estimate before calculating.

• Each friend gets 3 slices.

• Each friend gets 1 slice.

• Each friend gets 4 slices.

• Each friend gets 2 slices.