Estimating Products Worksheet

Estimating Products

Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to estimate the products. Show your work where indicated.

1. When estimating products, we often use   to make calculations easier.

2. To estimate the product of 48 and 23, you could round 48 to   and 23 to  .

3. Which of the following is the best estimate for the product of 7.8 and 12.1?

4. Estimate the product of 315 and 68. Show your rounding.

5. The estimated product of 9.9 and 5.2 is approximately 50.

6. A school is ordering new textbooks. Each textbook costs $24.75. If they need to order 150 textbooks, approximately how much will the total cost be? Show your estimation process.

7. Use the number line below to help you estimate the product of 4.9 and 3.