Estimating and Solving Multidigit Word Problems

A bakery makes 256 cookies each day. How many cookies will they make in 15 days? Estimate the total before calculating.

• 3840

• 3000

• 4000

• 2400

A school has 1,250 pencils. If each student receives 25 pencils, how many students can be supplied?

• 50

• 60

• 40

• 30

A farmer has 3,456 apples and wants to pack them into boxes that hold 12 apples each. How many boxes does he need?

• 288

• 320

• 300

• 250

A bookstore sold 1,234 books last month. If they sold 48 books each day, how many days did it take to reach that total?

• 26

• 24

• 32

• 30

A factory produces 1,500 toys in a week. How many toys does it produce in 4 weeks? Estimate the total production.

• 4,500 toys

• 8,000 toys

• 6,000 toys

• 10,000 toys

A library has 2,500 books. If they want to arrange them into shelves with 50 books each, how many shelves will they need?

• 50

• 60

• 40

• 100

A car travels 275 miles on a full tank of gas. If the car makes 4 trips, how many miles will it travel in total?

• 1100 miles

• 800 miles

• 1200 miles

• 550 miles

A restaurant serves 1,200 meals in a month. If they serve 30 meals each day, how many days does it take to serve that many meals?

• 40 days

• 50 days

• 30 days

• 60 days

A toy company produces 1,800 toys in a month. If they want to distribute them equally among 15 stores, how many toys will each store receive?

• 150

• 180

• 100

• 120

A school is organizing a field trip for 240 students. If each bus can hold 30 students, how many buses are needed?

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 8