Estimating & Solving Multi-Step Math Challenges

A bakery makes 125 loaves of bread each day. How many loaves does it make in 15 days? Estimate the total before calculating.

• 1500 loaves

• 1875 loaves

• 2000 loaves

• 1000 loaves

A school has 450 students. If each student needs 3 notebooks, how many notebooks are needed in total? Show your work and estimate first.

• 1200

• 1500

• 1350

• 900

A farmer has 2,345 apples and wants to pack them into boxes that hold 25 apples each. How many full boxes can he fill?

• 94

• 93

• 92

• 100

A toy store sells 128 toys each week. How many toys will it sell in 8 weeks? Estimate the total and then calculate the exact number.

• 960

• 512

• 768

• 1024

A library has 1,250 books. If it buys 75 new books each month, how many books will it have after 6 months? Estimate first, then solve.

• 1,700

• 1,600

• 1,500

• 1,800

A car can travel 350 miles on a full tank of gas. If a family takes a trip that is 1,050 miles long, how many tanks of gas will they need?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

A factory produces 2,500 toys in a day. If it operates 6 days a week, how many toys does it produce in a week? Estimate and then calculate.

• 20,000 toys

• 10,000 toys

• 12,500 toys

• 15,000 toys

A gardener plants 48 rows of flowers, with 36 flowers in each row. How many flowers does the gardener plant in total? Estimate first, then find the exact number.

• 1440

• 1728

• 1800

• 1200

A bookstore sells 1,200 books in a month. If it sells 15% of those books in the first week, how many books does it sell that week?

• 180

• 120

• 150

• 200

A restaurant serves 250 meals a day. If it is open 5 days a week, how many meals does it serve in a week? Estimate the total before calculating.

• 1500 meals

• 1000 meals

• 200 meals

• 1250 meals