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E.5 Estimate differences: Word problems

A concert sold 4,782 tickets. Of those, 2,146 tickets were sold online.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many tickets were not sold online?

 

A game player had 8,465 coins and spent 1,739 coins.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many coins are left?

A delivery truck started with 5,921 packages and delivered 2,487 packages.

Round each number to the nearest thousand. About how many packages remain?

A hiking trail is 3,764 feet long. Mia has already hiked 1,328 feet.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many feet does she have left to hike?

A factory made 7,253 toy robots. It shipped 986 robots.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many robots remain?

A museum had 9,642 visitors last month and 6,381 visitors this month.

Round each number to the nearest thousand. About how many fewer visitors came this month?

A recycling center collected 4,156 cans. It has already sorted 2,793 cans.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many cans still need to be sorted?

A digital library has 6,875 books. Students have read 3,224 of them.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many books have not been read?

A science challenge started with 2,947 points available. A team earned 1,562 points.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many points did the team not earn?

An arcade awarded 5,684 prize tickets on Saturday and 3,249 prize tickets on Sunday.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many more prize tickets were awarded on Saturday?

A food bank collected 7,438 cans. It gave 2,671 cans to local families.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many cans are left?

A train traveled 4,573 miles during a long trip. It had 1,846 miles left to travel.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many more miles had the train traveled than it had left?

A community garden harvested 7,761 tomatoes. It donated 3,328 tomatoes.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many tomatoes were not donated?

Liam collected 6,742 trading cards, and Noah collected 3,185 trading cards.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many more trading cards did Liam collect than Noah?

Ethan's model rocket reached 7,416 feet, and Lucas's model rocket reached 2,958 feet.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many feet higher did Ethan's rocket travel than Lucas's rocket?

Maya's photo album has 5,653 photos, and Chloe's album has 1,824 photos.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many more photos are in Maya's album than Chloe's album?

Olivia built a tower with 7,283 blocks, and Mason built one with 4,647 blocks.

Round each number to the nearest hundred. About how many more blocks did Olivia use than Mason?

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