3rd grade

Republic of the Philippines

Leyte Normal University
College of Education
INTEGRATED LABORATORY SCHOOL
Tacloban, City

Mathematics 3
QUARTER 2-LESSON 1
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Estimating
Difference
What is Estimate?
Estimate

It is a value that is
close to the exact
answer.
Example #1
Five hundred one children and 340 adults
will attend the school festival. About how
many more children than adults are expected
to attend?
 Guided Questions:
1. What is asked in the problem?

2. What are the given facts in the problem?

3. What operation should be used in the

problem?
 Guided Questions:
4. What is the number problem?

5. What is the solution?

6. What is the estimated difference?

 To find the estimated difference:

Step 1: Round off each number to is highest

place value.
Step 2: Perform the subtraction operation.
Example #1
Estimate the difference of 795 – 392.

739
- 392
Example #1
Estimate the difference of 795 – 392.

739 800
- 392 - 400
400
Example #2
Estimate the difference of 2, 786 – 515.

2, 786
- 515
Example #2
Estimate the difference of 2, 786 – 515.

2, 786 3, 000
- 515 - 500
3, 500
Example #3
Estimate the difference of 5, 055 – 2, 945.

5, 055
- 2, 945
Example #3
Estimate the difference of 5, 055 – 2, 945.

5, 055 5, 000
- 2, 945 - 3, 000
2, 000
Activity 1
Direction: Estimate the difference of the following
numbers. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. 871
- 234

a. 600 b. 700
2. 6, 654
- 391

a. 6, 600 b. 6, 700
3. 3, 325
- 224

a. 2, 000 b. 2, 800
4. 7, 642
- 4, 321

a. 4, 500 b. 5, 000
5. 8, 537
- 3, 154

a. 6, 000 b. 6, 500
Answer key:
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a
Activity 2
Direction: Estimate the difference of the
given numbers. Write your answer inside the
box.

1. 915
- 406
2. 458
- 288
3. 3, 896
- 299
4. 1, 878
- 519
5. 9, 452
- 3, 863
Answer key:
1. 900 3. 4, 000 5. 9, 000
- 400 - 300 - 4, 000
500 3, 700 5, 000
2. 500 4. 2, 000
- 300 - 500
200 1, 500
Activity 3
Direction: Give the estimated difference of the
following numbers. Write the letter of the correct
answer on the space provided below.
1. 3, 762 – 2, 992 = _________
a. 1, 000 b. 2, 000

2. 975 – 804 = ________

a. 100 b. 200
3. 643 – 511 = _________
a. 100 b. 200

4. 6, 300 – 1, 250 = ________

a. 5, 000 b. 6, 000

5. 9, 862 – 471 = ________

a. 9, 500 b. 8, 500
Answer key:
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. a
 Thanks!
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