Whole Number Estimation

Grade 545 min

aligned to 5.ce.1 The Student Will Estimate, Represent, Solve, And Justify Solutions To Single-step And Multistep Contextual Problems Using Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, And Division With Whole Numbers.

Learning Objective

I can estimate solutions to single-step and multistep word problems using addition and subtraction with whole numbers.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Estimating Whole Number Sums & Differences | Addition & Subtraction Estimation | Math with Mr. J

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Practice

14 min

7 questions β€’ Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

β€œA bookstore sold 2,345 books in one week and 1,876 books the following week. Estimate the total number of books sold during those two weeks. A farmer harvested 4,789 apples from one orchard and 2,134 apples from another. Estimate how many more apples were harvested from the first orchard. ”

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