WorksheetsEstimation
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 3600secs
The process of arriving at an answer that is approximate is called (a)
You are going shopping. You need to pick up THREE 6 packs of Pepsi for $7.99 each and 8 bags of chips for $4.79 each. Excluding tax, estimate the total cost for your items.
$88
$64
$53
This symbol ≈ means:
is less than
is equal to
is approximately equal to
is greater than
Estimate, in degrees, the measure of the angle depicted below. For comparison purposes a right angle measures exactly 90 degrees.
90 degrees
45 degrees
35 degrees
135 degrees
Chuck hires 19 people to pick crops from his field. He agrees to pay them $2.75 for each unit they pick. Estimate the total amount of money he will have to pay if each person picks 6 units.
$240
$300
$360
$600
A car travels 127 miles on a full tank of gas. If the gas tank holds 12.8 gallons, estimate the miles per gallon.
10
9
11
12
A store sells 124.60 pounds of apples in a week. Estimate the total weight sold in a month (4 weeks).
500
490
480
510
Estimate the total cost of 5 items priced at $19.99 each by rounding to the nearest dollar.
$100
$95
$90
$99
Estimate the total cost of 3 items priced at $24.99 each by rounding to the nearest dollar.
$75
$74
$76
$73
Kyle bought a baseball glove for $54, a bat for $38, and baseballs for $12. Which expression shows about how much Kyle spent?
54 + 38 + 12 =
50 + 30 + 20 =
54 - 38 - 12 =
50 + 40 + 10 =
The alba food bank conducted a canned food drive. The chart shows the number of cans collected each day for 6 days. About how many total cans of food were collected on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday?
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
Colton has $925. He wants to buy a go-kart that costs $559. About how much money will he have left after he buys the go-cart?
$300
$ 400
$1,500
$1,300
Estimation is the process of arriving at an exact answer.
One technique used in estimation is rounding.
