5th Grade Division: Estimating & Inverse Operations Quiz

A bakery made 240 cookies. If they want to pack them into boxes of 12 cookies each, how many boxes will they need? Estimate the quotient first.

• 24

• 20

• 18

• 22

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A farmer has 1,500 apples and wants to distribute them equally among 25 baskets. How many apples will each basket contain? Use inverse operations to check your answer.

• 60

• 50

• 70

• 80

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A school is organizing a field trip for 180 students. If each bus can hold 30 students, how many buses are needed? Estimate the number of buses required.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 5

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.5

Maria has 96 stickers. She wants to share them equally with her 8 friends. How many stickers will each friend get? What is the inverse operation to check your work?

• 8

• 12

• 10

• 14

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A library has 1,200 books and wants to arrange them into shelves that can hold 40 books each. How many shelves will they need? Estimate the quotient before calculating.

• 30

• 35

• 25

• 40

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A toy store received 450 toys and wants to display them in groups of 15. How many groups can they make? Use inverse operations to verify your answer.

• 25

• 35

• 40

• 30

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A gardener has 360 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 20. How many rows will he have? Estimate the number of rows first.

• 25

• 15

• 20

• 18

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A concert hall has 2,400 seats. If they want to arrange the seats in rows of 60, how many rows will there be? Check your answer using inverse operations.

• 30

• 50

• 60

• 40

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A teacher has 180 pencils and wants to give them equally to 9 students. How many pencils will each student receive? Estimate the number of pencils per student first.

• 15

• 20

• 25

• 30

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A factory produces 1,200 toys in a day. If they want to pack them into boxes of 100 toys each, how many boxes will they need? Use inverse operations to confirm your answer.

• 10

• 12

• 20

• 15

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6