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Mrs. Vargas is making costumes for a play. She needs 4 buttons for each costume. How many buttons will she need for 14 costumes?
Costumes Buttons
1 4
2 8
4 16
6 24
8 32
10 40
12 ?
14 ?
12 costumes- 48 buttons
14 costumes- 56 buttons
Paz is making granola bars for her scout meeting. There are 8 girls in her troop including herself. If she makes 2 dozen granola bars, how many will each girl get?
3 bars
What is a sum?
the answer to an addition problem
It costs $12 for 2 admissions to miniature golf. Marcus wants to invite 9 friends. At this rate, how much would it cost for 10 people?
$60
Ricardo has to mail 27 party invitations. The invitations come in packs of 8 that cost $3. How much will he spend on invitations?
$12
What is a difference?
the answer to a subtraction problem
Pete spends 30 minutes a night reading. About how many hours does he spend reading each month? (Hint: 1 month=30 days)
15 hours
Tomas has $49. One video game costs $7 at the yard sale. He wants to buy as many video games as he can. How many can he get at the yard sale?
21 games
Whenever a word problem asks you to compare two numbers, what will you most likely have to do at some point?
subtract
The Castros drove 64 miles to a water park. The Baxters drove 81 miles. The Klines drove 19 miles. How much farther did the Castros have to drive than the Klines?
45 miles
A parent-teacher organization sells bottled water at elementary school basketball games. They sold 3 cases in 20 minutes. If they continue selling bottled water at this rate, how many cases of bottled water would they sell in 2 hours?
18 cases
True or False: Every set of numbers has a mode.
False
During a basketball game, Faith and Brandy each scored 4 points. Maria and Jo each scored 7 points. Dena scored 12 points. Find the total points scored by this team.
34 points
True or False: Every set of numbers has a median.
True