Estimating Products & Dividing: 5th Grade Math Challenge

A farmer has 48 apples and wants to pack them into boxes. If each box can hold 6 apples, how many boxes does he need? Estimate the number of boxes first.

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 8

A school is organizing a field trip for 120 students. If each bus can carry 30 students, how many buses are needed? Use estimation to check your answer.

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 6

Maria bought 5 packs of stickers. Each pack contains 24 stickers. How many stickers does she have in total? Estimate the total number of stickers first.

• 100

• 96

• 144

• 120

A bakery made 250 cookies and wants to package them into boxes of 10 cookies each. How many boxes can they fill? Estimate the number of boxes first.

• 30

• 15

• 25

• 20

A gardener plants 36 rows of flowers with 8 flowers in each row. How many flowers did the gardener plant in total? Use estimation to verify your answer.

• 256

• 320

• 300

• 288

A bookstore sold 150 books in a week. If they sold an average of 30 books each day, how many days did they sell books? Estimate the number of days first.

• 6 days

• 4 days

• 7 days

• 5 days

A toy store has 64 toy cars. If they want to divide them equally among 8 shelves, how many toy cars will be on each shelf? Estimate the number of cars per shelf first.

• 12

• 8

• 10

• 6

A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour to make 12 cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to make 36 cookies? Use estimation to check your answer.

• 6 cups

• 9 cups

• 12 cups

• 15 cups

A soccer team has 15 players. If they want to divide them into teams of 5 players each, how many teams can they form? Estimate the number of teams first.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A factory produces 240 toys in a day. If they work 6 days a week, how many toys do they produce in a week? Estimate the total production first.

• 1200 toys

• 1440 toys

• 960 toys

• 1800 toys