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Worksheet

Estimate- Decimal Sums and Differences - I

1. Round to the nearest tenth and then estimate. Solution:
a. _____________
a. 0.36 c. 1.54 e. 1.49
+ 0.42 - 0.87 + 0.49 b. _____________
----------- ----------- ----------- c. _____________
d. _____________
b. 1.49 d. 5.07 f. 0.729 e. _____________
- 0.99 + 4.82 + 0.859 f. _____________
----------- ----------- -----------

2. Estimate by rounding to a whole number.

Solution:
a. 24.10 c. 1.245 e. 52.41 a. _____________
+ 70.98 + 2.718 + 67.88 b. _____________
----------- ----------- ----------- c. _____________
d. _____________
b. 155.43 d. 43.61 f. 4.78
e. _____________
- 99.29 - 29.70 - 3.29
----------- ----------- ----------- f. _____________

3. Table on your right displays the GPAs of class V students whose name starts Table of GPAs
with alphabet A. Use the table to solve the following problems. Student GPA
a. What is the difference between the GPAs of Aarav and Adam? Estimate Aarav 3.96
by rounding to the tenths. Adam 3.17
b. Ava says that her GPA is 0.5 more than that of Aurelia. Is she correct? Adeline 3.91
Verify her statement by estimation. Ava 3.71
c. Estimate the difference between the GPA scores of Adam and Ava. Aurelia 3.29

Solution:
a. b. c.

4. Caroline, Poppy, and Sophia participated in a fundraising drive by Solution:

selling cookies. Each of them spent $100 to buy ingredients to
make cookies. Caroline raised $136.42 by selling cookies while
Poppy and Sophia collected $149.18 and $162.68 respectively.
a. How much money was raised by each of them after
subtracting the cost of ingredients?
b. What was the amount of total funds raised by all three of
them? Estimate by rounding to whole numbers.

5. Ruby had $50 to spend on an arts project. She bought supplies from two stores for $18.27 and $26.78 each.
Which is the most accurate estimate for the money that she was left with after the shopping?
A. $0 C. $7 Solution:
B. $5 D. $10
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