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title: 'Video: How fifth graders estimate the answers to word problems'
description: Fifth graders are often asked to estimate the answers to word problems, not just solve them. Find out how they usually do it.
slug: video-how-fifth-graders-estimate-the-answers-to-word-problems
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:33:36.770Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-fifth-graders-estimate-the-answers-to-word-problems
lang: en
---

# Video: How fifth graders estimate the answers to word problems

In fifth grade, kids are often asked to come up with an approximate answer for a word problem. (Of course, they also have to actually solve it.) Watch this video from [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to find out how fifth graders estimate.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/5761D477B4AA49A7BDAFA17DE3F1DC65/f18374e597ac555167ed1727171665da/VideoHowFifthGradersEstimateTheAnswersToWordProblems.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/hfYGrWdpQFY)

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