Estimating Sums: Rounding Decimals in Everyday Life

A store sells apples for $1.75 each. If you buy 3 apples, how much will you spend? Estimate your total by rounding the price of an apple to the nearest whole number.

• $6.00

• $7.00

• $5.25

• $4.50

Lily has $4.50. She wants to buy a toy that costs $3.25. How much money will she have left after buying the toy? Estimate by rounding the prices to the nearest whole number.

• $2.25

• $3.00

• $1.75

• $1.25

A book costs $12.99 and a bookmark costs $2.49. If you buy both, how much will you spend? Estimate the total by rounding each price to the nearest whole number.

• 10

• 20

• 18

• 15

Tom ran 2.3 miles on Monday and 3.7 miles on Tuesday. How many miles did he run in total? Estimate the total distance by rounding each distance to the nearest whole number.

• 4 miles

• 5 miles

• 7 miles

• 6 miles

A pizza costs $8.75 and a drink costs $1.50. If you buy both, how much will you spend? Estimate the total by rounding each price to the nearest whole number.

• 12

• 15

• 10

• 11

Sarah bought 4 packs of stickers for $2.99 each. How much did she spend in total? Estimate by rounding the price of a pack to the nearest whole number.

• $12.00

• $8.00

• $15.00

• $10.00

A movie ticket costs $9.50. If you buy 2 tickets, how much will it cost? Estimate the total by rounding the ticket price to the nearest whole number.

• $15

• $20

• $22

• $18

A bag of flour costs $3.45 and a bag of sugar costs $2.85. If you buy both, how much will you spend? Estimate the total by rounding each price to the nearest whole number.

• $6

• $5

• $7

• $8

Jake has $10.00. He wants to buy a sandwich for $4.25 and a drink for $2.75. How much money will he have left after his purchase? Estimate by rounding the prices to the nearest whole number.

• $4.50

• $5.25

• $2.00

• $3.00

A toy costs $15.99 and a game costs $24.50. If you buy both, how much will you spend? Estimate the total by rounding each price to the nearest whole number.

• 50

• 41

• 35

• 30