Estimating and Checking: Multiplication Fun for 3rd Graders

A farmer has 24 apples. He packs them into bags with 6 apples each. How many bags does he need? Estimate the total bags first.

• 6

• 5

• 3

• 4

Sarah has 35 stickers. She gives 7 stickers to each of her 4 friends. How many stickers does she have left? Check your work after calculating.

• 14 stickers

• 21 stickers

• 28 stickers

• 7 stickers

A toy store sells 12 toy cars in a box. If there are 15 boxes, how many toy cars are there in total? Estimate the total number of cars first.

• 150

• 200

• 120

• 180

In a classroom, there are 23 students. Each student has 5 pencils. How many pencils are there in total? Make sure to check your answer.

• 120

• 90

• 100

• 115

A bakery makes 18 loaves of bread each day. How many loaves do they make in 7 days? Estimate the total loaves first before calculating.

• 90 loaves

• 126 loaves

• 150 loaves

• 100 loaves

A gardener plants 14 rows of flowers, with 9 flowers in each row. How many flowers are there in total? Check your multiplication for accuracy.

• 98

• 126

• 112

• 140

A book has 26 pages. If a child reads 3 pages each day, how many days will it take to finish the book? Estimate the days first.

• 9 days

• 12 days

• 7 days

• 10 days

A pack of gum costs 45 cents. If you buy 6 packs, how much do you spend in total? Check your work after calculating the total cost.

• 2.70 dollars

• 1.80 dollars

• 4.50 dollars

• 3.00 dollars

A school has 32 desks. If each desk can seat 4 students, how many students can be seated in total? Estimate the total number of students first.

• 128

• 100

• 64

• 96

A pet store has 27 fish tanks. Each tank holds 8 fish. How many fish are there in total? Make sure to check your answer for accuracy.

• 216

• 180

• 200

• 250