Solving Fun Word Problems: Mastering Estimation in Math

A bakery made 240 cookies. If they packed them into boxes of 12 cookies each, how many boxes did they fill? If they sold 15 boxes, how many cookies are left?

• 60 cookies left

• 30 cookies left

• 75 cookies left

• 45 cookies left

A school organized a field trip for 150 students. If each bus can carry 30 students, how many buses are needed? If 2 buses are already booked, how many more are needed?

• 3

• 2

• 5

• 4

A farmer harvested 1,200 apples. He wants to pack them into bags of 15 apples each. How many bags can he fill? If he gives away 5 bags, how many apples does he have left?

• 1150 apples

• 1125 apples

• 1000 apples

• 1200 apples

A toy store has 450 toys. If they sell 25% of them in a sale, how many toys are sold? How many toys remain in the store after the sale?

• 112 toys sold, 338 toys remain

• 100 toys sold, 350 toys remain

• 150 toys sold, 300 toys remain

• 200 toys sold, 250 toys remain

A library has 3,600 books. If they want to arrange them into shelves with 40 books each, how many shelves will they need? If they donate 5 shelves worth of books, how many books are left?

• 3000

• 3400

• 3600

• 3500

A pizza restaurant made 180 pizzas for a party. If each table can hold 12 pizzas, how many tables are needed? If 3 tables are already set, how many more tables are required?

• 8

• 12

• 15

• 10

A concert hall has 2,500 seats. If 60% of the seats are filled, how many seats are occupied? If 200 more people arrive, how many seats are still available?

• 800

• 1,500

• 1,200

• 1,000

A gardener planted 240 flowers in rows of 8. How many rows did he plant? If he decides to remove 3 rows, how many flowers are left in the garden?

• 200

• 210

• 240

• 216

A factory produces 1,500 toys in a day. If they work 5 days a week, how many toys do they produce in a week? If they have an order for 8,000 toys, how many more toys do they need to produce?

• 2,500

• 1,000

• 500

• 3,000

A bookstore has 1,200 books. If they sell 15% of them during a sale, how many books are sold? How many books remain in the store after the sale?

• 150 books sold, 1050 books remain.

• 200 books sold, 1000 books remain.

• 180 books sold, 1100 books remain.

• 180 books sold, 1020 books remain.