Math Concepts & Skills > Estimation

100th Birthday Celebration
Students devise a plan to seat 20 students at 6 tables, and share 100 balloons to decorate.

How Big is a Foot?
Students measure objects using different sized shoes.

License Plates
Students determine the different license plate combinations with three digits that total six.

Number Cube Game
Students determine which sum is most likely when rolling two number cubes.

Pentomino Problem
Using three Pentominos, students make as many shapes possible with 12 sides or less.

Seedlings to Timber
Students determine the number of trees cut down based on the number of seedlings the paper company planted in their place.

Sink or Float
Students investigate which items will sink and which will float.

Ten Feet Apartment
Students determine the different ways an apartment might contain ten feet (humans and pets included).

Valentine M&M® Problem
Given a sample of M&Ms®, students determine the compared quantities of pink, white and red candies.

Whoo is Hunting?
Given a number of talons, students determine the number of owls in each family group.

Worms
Students predict the number of worms in a worm farm based on a sampling method.

Wrist Circumference
Students determine the typical wrist circumference of their peers.

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