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Mixed bag
100
43 - 16 = _______
27
100
9 + 5 = _____ + 3
11
100
Sue gave Bob 8 of her 15 pencils. How many pencils does Sue have left?
7
100
I found 3 pencils at school and 5 more at home. Then I gave 2 pencils to my sister. How many pencils do I still have? Write an equation to show your work.
( 2 + 3) - 2 = 5 or 2 + 3 - 2= 5
100
300 + 50 + 7 =
357
200
283 + 456 =
739
200
27 - _______ = 19 + 4
4
200
Our class collected 47 cans of food for the food bank. The second grade collected 39 cans of food. How many cans were collected in all?
86 cans
200
I have $4.00. I bought a book for $2.59 and a drink for $1.19. How much money do I have left?
$4.00 - ( $2.59 + $1.19) = $0.22 $4.00 - $2.59 - $1.19 = $0.22
200
Round 117 to the nearest ten.
120
300
614 - 117 = __________
What is 497
300
_____ + 56 = 48 + 37
29
300
Bobby left his house and drove 71 miles to get to the amusement park. He still had 49 miles to drive tomorrow to get there. How far is the amusement park from his house?
120 miles
300
My goal is to run 50 miles. Last week, I ran 15 miles, and this week I ran 19 miles. How many miles do I have left to reach my goal?
50 - ( 15 + 19) = 16 50 - 15 - 19 = 16
300
What shape has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles?
square
400
308 + 39 - 163 = _______
184
400
406 - ______ = 109 + 276
21
400
My sister had 378 colored pencils. She used 189 of them during the school year. How many colored pencils does she have left?
189 colored pencils
400
Our school hopes to raise $500 for the homeless. We collected $189 the first week and $356 the second week. Did we reach our goal? How far over or under from the goal is our school?
yes we met the goal 189 + 356 = 545 545 - 500 = 45 dollars over the goal
400
The baker made 336 cookies. He wants to put the cookies in boxes of 10. How many boxes can he fill?
33
500
5000 - 3079 = _________
1921
500
1450 + ______ = 790 +790
130
500
My mother needs 300 beads to make bracelets for her friend. She bought two bags of beads at the store with 75 beads in each bag. How many more beads does my mother need?
150
500
Barry and Larry are mules. Barry is carrying two bags that weigh 49 and 53 pounds. Larry is carrying two bags that weigh 67 and 38 pounds. How much heavier are Larry's bags than Barry's bags?
(67 + 38) - (49 + 53) = 3 pounds or 67 + 38 = 105 49 + 53 = 102 105 - 102 = 3 pounds
500
I am a quadrilateral. I have one set of parallel sides. What shape am I?
trapezoid
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