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The Apple Orchard: Maya picked 14 red apples and 8 green apples from the tree. How many apples does she have in all?
22 apples
Sticker Share: Maya had 24 stickers. She gave 7 stickers to her friend. How many stickers does Maya have left?
17 stickers
Sam has 342 baseball cards. His friend Annabelle has 324 baseball cards. Who has more baseball cards?
Sam!
Reading Challenge: Leo read 23 pages of his book on Monday and 34 pages on Tuesday. How many pages did he read in total over the two days?
57 pages
The Falling Leaves: A tree branch had 48 leaves on it. The wind blew off 23 leaves. How many leaves are left on the branch?
25 leaves
In the number 684, what is the value of the 8? (Is it 8, 80, or 800?)
80
Bake Sale: Ben baked 25 blueberry muffins and 35 chocolate chip muffins for the morning rush. How many muffins did he bake in all?
60 muffins
The Bookworm: Alex's library book has 64 pages. He has already read 28 pages. How many more pages does Alex still need to read to finish his book?
36 pages
Maya wrote her school ID number in expanded form: 500+30+8. What is her ID number written as a standard three digit number?
538
Collecting Rocks: At the park, Sam collected 38 rocks and his sister collected 25 rocks. How many rocks did they collect altogether?
63 rocks
Snack Time: There were 92 apples in a basket. The students ate 47 of them during snack time. How many apples are left in the basket?
45 apples
Mrs. Guerra started with 320 comic books. If she skip-counts by 100s three times, what number does she land on?
620
Marble Collection: Max has 42 marbles in his jar. For his birthday, his friend gave him 39 more. How many marbles does Max have now?
81 marbles
The Library Shelves: The school library had 145 books on a special display shelf. Students checked out 68 books on Monday? How many books are still on the display?
77 books
Ms. Moore is thinking of a mystery number. Her mystery number is made of 4 hundreds, 6 tens, and 5 ones. If she swaps the numbers in the hundreds and the tens place, what is her new mystery number?
Hint: Figure out what number Ms. Moore was thinking about FIRST.
645