Multistep Multiplication Problems with Estimation

Using estimation, 36 x 69 is closest to...

• 1800

• 2800

• 2400

• 1200

Cindy earned $27 a week at her part time job. Which is the best estimate of how much Cindy earned in one year? Remember there are 52 weeks in a year.

• $1400
• $1500
• $1300
• $2000

Using estimation, 76 x 34 is closest to...

• 2,400

• 240

• 1,100

• 2,100

Use estimation to find the closest product for 56 x 76

• 4,200

• 4,800

• 480

• 3,500

Which is the best estimate for 49 x 27?

• 1,500

• 150

• 1,000

• 100

Each ticket to a concert cost $32. What is the closest to the total cost of 409 tickets?

• 12,000
• 1,200
• 440
• 15,000

Which shows the best estimate to use for estimating 37 × 63?

• 40 × 70 = 2,800
• 50 × 60 =  3,000
• 40 × 60 =  2,400
• 30 × 60 =  1,800

Each fifth grade class at Jefferson Elementary has 26 students. There 4 fifth grade classes. What is the best estimate of the total amount of fifth grade students at Jefferson Elementary?

• 20

• 30

• 100

• 150

A toy store ordered 48 crates of stuffed bears. There are 21 stuffed bears in each crate. What is the best estimate of how many stuffed bears the store ordered?

• 500

• 428

• 2,000

• 1,000

Isabelle has 6 ant farms. Each ant farm has 89 ants. Which of the following shows a reasonable estimate of how many ants Isabelle has?

• 7x125=875

• 8x110=880

• 6x90=540

• 10x100=100