Estimating
Practice
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Answer each of the questions below.

On Fridays the school cafeteria serves pizza.  Last week 327 students ordered pizza, and this week 298 students ordered pizza.  About how many students ate pizza in both weeks?

 

                                                                         

 

198 people went to the theater on Friday night, and 302 went on Saturday night.  About how many more people were at the theater on Saturday?

                                                                          

 

Bonnie's soccer team is collecting cans to raise money for new uniforms.  They collected 356 cans this week and 547 cans last week.  About how many cans have they collected so far?

    

                                                                                

   

 Bob has a rubber band collection. His goal is to collect 1,000 rubber bands.  So far he has collected 498.  About how many more does he need to meet his goal?

         

                                  

 

Remember:  When you want to estimate an answer, round   
  the numbers, and then add or subtract.

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