Students use inequality symbols to compare the home town populations of three teams and round population numbers to the nearest hundreds place to determine which team has the greatest combined rounded population.

Students determine how many baseballs, bats, mitts and helmets need to be distributed to two dozen sporting goods stores in time for baseball season.

Students determine which calling plan is the most cost effective for Sarah to keep in touch with her friends from soccer camp.

Given scientific data that shows how much two bamboo plants have grown over seven days, student make observations and record their thinking using equality and inequality symbols.

Students round the weights of 12 football players to the nearest hundred and the nearest tenth to determine if they will earn a dinner at Pete's Restaurant.

Given 84 seeds, students determine how to put the same number of seeds in each pot.

Rounding to the nearest 10, students determine how many insects are let go from glass jars.