Estimating Sums & Remainders: 4th Grade Math Quiz

A bakery made 245 cookies in the morning and 178 cookies in the afternoon. Estimate how many cookies were made in total.

• 430

• 500

• 300

• 400

There are 56 students in a class. If they are divided into groups of 7 for a project, how many groups will there be? What does the remainder mean in this context?

• 8 groups

• 7 groups

• 9 groups

• 6 groups

A farmer has 320 apples and wants to pack them into boxes that hold 25 apples each. How many full boxes can he fill, and how many apples will be left over?

• 13 full boxes and 5 apples left over

• 10 full boxes and 30 apples left over

• 11 full boxes and 15 apples left over

• 12 full boxes and 20 apples left over

Lisa read 120 pages of her book last week and 85 pages this week. Estimate the total number of pages she has read so far.

• 180 pages

• 205 pages

• 220 pages

• 195 pages

A toy store has 150 toys. If they sell 37 toys in one day, how many toys do they have left? Estimate the difference before calculating the exact number.

• 113

• 90

• 100

• 120

In a library, there are 1,250 books. If 300 books are checked out, how many books remain? Estimate the number of books left.

• 950

• 1,200

• 800

• 1,000

A school is planning a field trip for 240 students. If each bus can hold 40 students, how many buses are needed? What does the remainder indicate?

• 5 buses

• 6 buses

• 7 buses

• 8 buses

Tom has 450 marbles. He gives 125 marbles to his friend. Estimate how many marbles Tom has left after the gift.

• 250

• 300

• 400

• 325

A gardener planted 120 flowers in 8 rows. If each row has the same number of flowers, how many flowers are in each row? What does the remainder tell us?

• 12

• 15

• 20

• 10

Samantha has 90 stickers. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will be left over?

• Each friend gets 10 stickers, and there are 30 stickers left over.

• Each friend gets 20 stickers, and there are 6 stickers left over.

• Each friend gets 15 stickers, and there are 0 stickers left over.

• Each friend gets 12 stickers, and there are 6 stickers left over.