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Marissa is baking cookies. The recipe calls for 24 cups of sugar. She has already put in 8 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in?

16 cups of sugar.

100
You bought a magazine for $5 and 8 erasers. You spend a total of $37. How much did each eraser cost?
Each eraser cost $4.
100
Owen paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $56.25 for large paintings, and $25.80 for small paintings. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much money did he make?
He made $414.90.
100
Evan wants to buy a dictionary that costs $6, a dinosaur book that costs $17, and a children's cookbook that costs $16. He has saved $7 from his allowance. How much more money does Evan need to buy all three books?
He needs $32 for the books.
100
There are 3 red pens in Julian's desk drawer. There are 7 more black pens than red pens. There are also 7 more blue pens than red pens. How many pens are there in all?
23 pens
200
There are 27 cars at the hotel. How many cars are stolen if there are 14 cars left?
13 cars were stolen.
200
Josephine had $24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them, she had $10. How much does each pencil cost?
Each pencil costs $2.
200
Peter makes quilts, he can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts.
He would need 36 yards.
200
The swimming club went to a swim meet in another town. They took 4 cars and 2 vans. There were 4 people in each car and 6 people in each van. How many people went on the trip?
28 people went on the trip.
200
For a good report card Heather was given $10.13. Now she has $16.03. How much money did she have before?
She had $5.90
300
There are 30 birds in a park. If there are 15 nests, how many birds will be in each nest?
2 birds in each nest.
300
331 students went on a field trip. Six buses were filled and 7 students traveled in cars. How many students were on each bus?
54 students on each bus.
300
On Thursday, Shop Rite sold 210 ponds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday.
They sold 290 more pounds on Friday.
300
Shawna bought nine fancy pens for a total of $47.07. How much did each pen cost?
Each pen cost $5.23
300
) The Cooking Club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. The cafeteria contributed four pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into five pieces and sold. There were a total of 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?
The club made 8 pies
400
A recipe for cupcakes calls for 3 1/4 cups of sugar. Lily has already put in 3 1/9 cups of sugar. How many more cups does she have to put in.
She has to put in 5/36 more cups of sugar.
400
Cindy spent half of all of her weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money, her parents let her wash the car for $17. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $32?
Her weekly allowance is $30.
400
Ian saved $76 in September. He saved $31 in October and $35 in November. Then Ian spent $67 on a video game. How much money does Ian have left?
He has $75 left.
400
In Fred's classroom there are red chairs, yellow chairs, and blue chairs. There are 8 red chairs. There are 5 times as many yellow chairs as red chairs, and there are 3 fewer blue chairs than yellow chairs. How many chairs are there in Fred's classroom?
85 chairs.
400

Currently, 96 members participate in the morning workout, and this number has been increasing by 2 people per week. Currently, 80 members participate in the afternoon workout, and this number has been decreasing by 3 people per week. In how many weeks will the number of people working out in the morning be double the number of people working out in the afternoon?

8 weeks

500
Your mother gave you 13.32 to buy a present for your friend. This covered 3/5 of the cost. How much did the present cost?
The present costs $22.20.
500
Louis bought 16 boxes. A week later, half of ALL of her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 57 boxes left. How many did she start with?
She started with 82 boxes.
500
Luke and Chad already had 57 shells in their shell collection. Then they went to the beach to collect even more. Luke found 18 limpet shells, 19 sand dollars, and 16 conch shells. Chad found 14 more shells than Luke did. How many shells do the pair have all together?
They now have 124 shells.
500
Two years ago a man was six times as old as his son. In 18 years he will be twice as old as his son. Determine their present ages.
The father is 32 years old and the son is 7 years old.
500
It costs $5 to become a new member of a book club. There is a $10 charge per book ordered and tax is 7% on the books. Shipping and handling is free for all members. How many books were purchased by a new member if the total bill comes to $69.20?
6 books were purchased.
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