Whole Number Estimation in Word Problems
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 to find about how much the answer will be when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing whole numbers in word problems.
Lesson Flow
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Estimating Addition and Subtraction Problems Involving Whole Numbers
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Practice
7 questions • Short answer
Exit Ticket
“A store sold 1,876 apples in January and 3,225 apples in February. About how many apples did the store sell in total during those two months? A farmer harvested 6,342 oranges from one field and 2,891 oranges from another field. About how many more oranges did the farmer harvest from the first field than the second field? ”
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