Solving Multi-Digit Word Problems with Estimation Skills

A bakery made 245 cookies in the morning and 378 cookies in the afternoon. How many cookies did they make in total?

• 623

• 700

• 600

• 500

A farmer has 1,250 apples. He sells 478 apples at the market. How many apples does he have left?

• 650

• 772

• 900

• 800

A school has 320 students. If 125 students are in the 4th grade, how many students are in other grades?

• 250

• 150

• 195

• 300

A toy store has 1,500 toys. If they sell 275 toys in one week, how many toys do they have left?

• 1500

• 1300

• 1000

• 1225

Emma read 145 pages of her book on Monday and 238 pages on Tuesday. How many pages did she read in total?

• 400

• 383

• 300

• 350

A library has 2,450 books. If 1,125 books are checked out, how many books remain in the library?

• 1,000

• 1,500

• 1325

• 2,000

A car can travel 275 miles on a full tank of gas. If it has 3 full tanks, how far can the car travel in total?

• 900 miles

• 825 miles

• 675 miles

• 550 miles

A pizza shop made 1,200 pizzas in a week. If they sold 850 pizzas, how many pizzas are left?

• 400

• 600

• 350

• 500

A gardener planted 125 flowers in the spring and 175 flowers in the summer. How many flowers did he plant altogether?

• 300

• 175

• 250

• 400

A bookstore had 2,000 books. If they received a shipment of 350 new books and sold 600 books, how many books do they have now?

• 1800

• 2100

• 1450

• 1750