Estimating Products in Step Multiplication Problems

A farmer has 24 apples. He wants to pack them into bags with 6 apples each. How many bags can he fill? Estimate the number of bags first.

• 5

• 3

• 6

• 4

Lily has 15 stickers. She wants to share them equally among her 3 friends. How many stickers will each friend get? If there are any stickers left, how many will remain?

• Each friend gets 6 stickers, and there are 0 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 4 stickers, and there are 3 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 5 stickers, and there is 1 sticker left.

• Each friend gets 5 stickers, and there are 0 stickers left.

A box can hold 8 toys. If there are 56 toys, how many boxes are needed to hold all the toys? Estimate the number of boxes first.

• 7

• 6

• 9

• 8

A baker makes 5 dozen cookies. How many cookies does he make in total? If he sells 50 cookies, how many cookies will he have left?

• 40

• 30

• 10

• 20

A school has 120 students. If they are divided into groups of 8 for a field trip, how many groups will there be? Estimate the number of groups first.

• 12

• 18

• 10

• 15

Sarah has 45 marbles. She wants to put them into bags of 9 marbles each. How many bags will she need? If there are any marbles left, how many will remain?

• 5 bags, 0 marbles left

• 5 bags, 2 marbles left

• 4 bags, 1 marble left

• 6 bags, 3 marbles left

A gardener plants 7 rows of flowers with 6 flowers in each row. How many flowers are there in total? If he gives away 10 flowers, how many will he have left?

• 28

• 36

• 42

• 32

A toy store has 32 toy cars. If they are sold in packs of 4, how many packs can be made? Estimate the number of packs first.

• 6

• 10

• 8

• 12

A teacher has 48 pencils. She wants to distribute them equally among 6 students. How many pencils will each student get? If there are any pencils left, how many will remain?

• Each student will get 6 pencils, and there will be 2 pencils left.

• Each student will get 7 pencils, and there will be 6 pencils left.

• Each student will get 10 pencils, and there will be 0 pencils left.

• Each student will get 8 pencils, and there will be 0 pencils left.