Estimating Sums: Fun with Multi-Step Math Challenges

A bakery made 120 cookies. If they sold 45 cookies in the morning and 38 in the afternoon, how many cookies are left?

• 50

• 45

• 37

• 38

Sarah has 3.5 meters of ribbon. She uses 1.2 meters for a project and then buys another 2.3 meters. How much ribbon does she have now?

• 5.0 meters

• 3.0 meters

• 6.2 meters

• 4.6 meters

A farmer harvested 250 apples. He packed them into boxes of 12 apples each. How many full boxes can he fill, and how many apples will be left over?

• 19 full boxes and 15 apples left over

• 21 full boxes and 8 apples left over

• 22 full boxes and 6 apples left over

• 20 full boxes and 10 apples left over

Tom read 45 pages of a book on Monday and 32 pages on Tuesday. If the book has 150 pages, how many pages does he have left to read?

• 73 pages

• 50 pages

• 80 pages

• 65 pages

A swimming pool is 25.5 meters long and 10.2 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the pool?

• 60.5 meters

• 50.2 meters

• 80.4 meters

• 71.4 meters

Emily bought 2.5 kilograms of flour. She used 1.75 kilograms to bake bread. How much flour does she have left?

• 0.5 kilograms

• 0.75 kilograms

• 1.5 kilograms

• 2.0 kilograms

A toy store had 150 toys. They received a shipment of 75 more toys but sold 60 toys. How many toys are in the store now?

• 165

• 120

• 180

• 150

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make half the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 3/8 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

• 1/2 cup

A car travels 120.5 miles on a full tank. If it has already traveled 45.3 miles, how many miles can it still travel on the remaining fuel?

• 90.5 miles

• 100 miles

• 75.2 miles

• 60.3 miles

Liam has 5.5 liters of juice. He pours 1.2 liters into a pitcher and then drinks 0.8 liters. How much juice does he have left?

• 4.5 liters

• 3.5 liters

• 2.5 liters

• 5.0 liters