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100
Jenny makes 80 socks. Lacey makes 115 socks. They give away a total of 70 socks. How many socks do they have now? A. 115 B. 105 C. 45 D. 120
A. 115
100
Cam put 59 magazines on a magazine rack. He puts and equal number on each of 6 racks and 5 magazine on the last rack. How many magazines are on each of the 6 racks? A. 6 x m - 5 = 59 B. 6 x m + 5 = 59 C. 5 x m - 9 = 59 D. 5 x m + 9 = 59
B. 6 x m + 5 = 59
100
Brock is going camping in 3 weeks and 3 days. Which equations can be used to find the number of days until Brock goes camping? A. 3 + 7 + 3 = c B. 3 x 7 - 3 = c C. 3 x 7 + 3 = c D. 3 + 5 + 3 = c
C. 3 x 7 + 3 = c
100
During one week, Minnie rids her scooter 47 miles and Kevin rides his scooter 8 miles less than Minnie. HOw many miles do they ride altogether that week? Answer: 86 miles Is the answer reasonable? A. Yes, because 40 + (40 - 10) = 70 B. Yes, because 50 + (50 - 10) = 90 C. No, because 30 + (30 - 10) = 50 D. No, because 50 + (50-10) = 70
B. Yes, because 50 + (50 - 10) = 90
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Candace picks 120 apples. She picks 50 red apples and the rest are green. She sells 25 green apples. How many apples does she have now?
45 green apples
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Of the 130 people at the carnival, 90 were eating lunch. The others were playing carnival games. then 10 more people started playing carnival games. How many people are playing carnival games? A. 60 B. 70 C. 230 D. 7
B. 70
200
Bree's mother bakes 75 cookies. Bree takes 13 to school and divides the rest into bags for 8 cookies each. Which equations can be used to find the number of bags she uses? A. (75 - 13) / 8 = b B. (75 + 13) / 8 = b C. (75 + 13) / b = 8 D. (75 - 13) / b = 8
A. (75 - 13) / 8 = b
200
Jill has 3 shirts and 5 shorts. She buys 2 shirts and 1 short. How many shirts does she have now? Which shows the extra information A. 3 shirts and 2 shorts B. 5 shorts and 1 short C. 3 shirts and 1 short D. 5 shorts and 2 shirts D.
B. 5 shorts and 1 short
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Troy saves money for a bike that costs $126. He saves $58 one month and $43 the next month. How much more money does Troy ned to buy the bike? Answer: $15 Is the answer reasonable? Explain. A. Yes, because 130 - 60 - 40 = 20 B. Yes, because 130 + 60 + 40 = 220 C. No, because 60 + 40 = 100 D. No, because 120 - 50 - 40 = 30
A. Yes, because 130 - 60 - 40 = 20
200
Mrs. Green puts 57 cans on a shelf. She puts an equal number of cans on each of 9 rows and puts 3 cans in the last row. How many cans does she put in each of the 9 rows? Write an equation then solve.
9 x c + 3 = 57; 6 cans
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Ian's group has 60 granola bars for a bake sale. His Dad's group has 70 granola bars at the bake sale. Together they sell 95 granola bars How many granola bars are left over? A. 40 granola bars B. 30 granola bars C. 15 granola bars D. 35 granola bars
D. 35 granola bars
300
Jess has a 50 inch long piece of string. She cuts it into a number of 6 inch pieces. she has 2 inches of yarn left. How many 6 inch pieces did she cut? Write an equation that can be used to solve the problem. A. 50 - 2 x s = 6 B. 50 x s - 2 = 6 C. 50 + 2 x 6 = s D. 50 - s x 6 = s
D. 50 - s x 6 = s
300
James has a 5 dozen race cars in his collection. How many race cars does James have? What is the hidden information and the solution? A. A dozen is 10; 50 B. A dozen is 12; 60 C. Race cars have 4 wheels; 20 D. Race cars have 2 doors; 10
B. A dozen is 12; 60
300
Kevin has 368 marbles in his collection. His mom gives him 42 more marbles. He gives some of them to his friend. He now has 352 marbles. How many does he give to his friend? Answer: 100 marbles Is the answer reasonable? A. Yes, because (360 + 400) / 4 = 100 B. Yes, because (370 + 40) - 350 = 100 C. No, because (370 + 40) - 350 = 60 D. No, because (370 + 40) + 350 = 760
C. No, because (370 + 40) - 350 = 60
300
Yolanda makes 12 birdhouses this month. She makes 6 fewer birdhouses than Steve makes. How many bird houses does Steve make?
18 bird houses
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