Estimating Division: Real-Life Scenarios for 4th Graders

A bakery made 1,245 cookies. If they want to pack them into boxes of 125 cookies each, how many boxes can they fill? Estimate the number of boxes first.

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A school has 1,560 pencils to distribute equally among 12 classrooms. How many pencils will each classroom receive? Estimate your answer before calculating.

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A farmer harvested 1,234 apples and wants to put them into bags of 200 apples each. How many bags can he fill? Start by estimating the number of bags.

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A toy store has 1,800 toys and wants to arrange them into shelves with 150 toys on each shelf. How many shelves will they need? Estimate first.

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A library has 2,345 books and wants to organize them into groups of 300 books each. How many groups can they create? Provide an estimate before solving.

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A concert hall has 1,500 seats. If tickets are sold in groups of 125, how many groups of tickets can be sold? Estimate the number of groups first.

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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? Start with an estimate.

• 20

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A sports team has 1,800 water bottles to distribute among 15 players. How many water bottles will each player get? Estimate your answer first.

• 120

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A pet store has 1,350 fish to sell. If they want to put them in tanks that hold 150 fish each, how many tanks do they need? Begin with an estimate.

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A charity collected 2,400 cans of food. If they want to distribute them equally into 20 boxes, how many cans will go in each box? Estimate before calculating.

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