Real-Life Division: Estimating with Powers of 10

A farmer has 1,200 apples. He wants to pack them into boxes that hold 100 apples each. How many boxes does he need?

• 15

• 10

• 12

• 20

A school has 3,000 pencils. If they divide the pencils equally among 30 classrooms, how many pencils will each classroom get?

• 90

• 100

• 150

• 110

A baker made 5,000 cookies. If he puts them into bags of 1,000 cookies each, how many bags does he need?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 10

A library has 2,500 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves that hold 500 books each, how many shelves will they need?

• 4

• 6

• 10

• 5

A toy store has 4,800 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 400 toys, how many groups will they have?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 15

A concert hall has 6,000 seats. If they sell tickets in groups of 1,000, how many groups of tickets can they sell?

• 6

• 8

• 7

• 5

A factory produces 7,200 toys in a week. If they want to package them in boxes of 900 toys, how many boxes do they need?

• 10

• 7

• 9

• 8

A gardener has 8,400 seeds. If he plants them in rows of 1,200 seeds each, how many rows will he plant?

• 9

• 8

• 7

• 6

A restaurant has 9,000 napkins. If they want to distribute them equally into 1,500 packs, how many napkins will be in each pack?

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 4

A school is collecting 10,000 cans for a food drive. If they want to divide them into boxes of 1,000 cans each, how many boxes will they need?

• 10

• 5

• 15

• 20