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Grade 5 Supplement Set A3 – Number and Operations: Estimating to Multiply and Divide WorksheetGrade 5 Supplement Set A3 – Number and Operations: Estimating to Multiply and Divide Worksheet
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Math Learning Center
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5th
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30 mins
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2008
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Grade 5 Supplement Set A3 – Number and Operations: Estimating to Multiply and Divide

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Teach young mathematicians that sometimes just getting close to the exact answer is perfectly fine, by using this collection of estimation worksheets.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

multiplication, division, estimation, rounding, 2-digit multiplication, compatible numbers

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use these worksheets as in-class or homework assignments during a lesson series on estimation
  • Extend student learning by having them write a list of instructions for estimating the solution to multiplication and division problems

Pros

  • Includes three different estimation worksheets involving both multiplication and division
  • Each exercise includes example problems that clearly demonstrate how to complete the work
  • Worksheets include a combination of skills practice questions and word problems

Cons

  • An answer key is not included, but can be created by working through the problems yourself

Common Core

4.OA.A.3 4.NBT.B.5 4.NBT.B.6 5.NBT.A.2 5.NBT.B.5 6.NS.B.3 MP7 MP8

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