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Vocabulary
100
Helen baked 435 chocolate chip cookies yesterday and 139 cookies this morning. How many cookies did Helen bake?
What is 574 cookies?
100
Two of Rob's favorite buildings are Chicago’s Sears (Willis) Tower and Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. If Burj Khalifa stands at 830 meters high and Sears stands at 527 meters high, how much higher is Burj Khalifa than Sears?
What is 330 meters?
100
Zack started by gathering some wood. According to his blueprint, he will need 376 pieces of wood. If his friend gave him 123 pieces and his brother gave him 136 pieces, how many more pieces of wood does he need to gather?
What is 117 pieces of wood?
100
After decoding the clues on the map, Mike and Tom found out that they need to go to the Island of Mysteries. To get there, they could either take a plane for $600.00 or a boat for $254.00. How much money can they save if they take a boat to the island?
What is $346.00?
100
This is the term for an answer to an addition problem.
What is sum?
200
Pinky the Pig bought 36 apples while Danny the Duck bought 73. How many apples do they have altogether?
What is 109 apples?
200
Rob also compared the Empire State Building and the PETRONAS Towers. What is the height difference between the two if the Empire State Building is 443m tall and the Petronas Towers is 452m tall?
What is 9 meters?
200
Zack also needed some nails. If he already has 247 nails with him and he found another 144 in his toolshed, how many more nails does he need to buy if he needs a total of 500 nails?
What is 109 nails?
200
When they arrived at the island’s starting point, they looked at the clues and found out that the number of steps they need to take to get to the next clue is the difference between 537 and 369. How many steps do they have to take to get to the next clue?
What is 168 steps?
200
This is the term for the number in which the subtrahend is subtracted.
What is minuend?
300
Dylan the Dog prepared 241 hotdog sticks in a brown bag. His father placed 426 more hotdog sticks in the same brown bag. How many hotdog sticks did Dylan and his father place in the brown bag?
What is 667 hotdog sticks?
300
Having been to Paris, Rob also remembered the Eiffel Tower which was the tallest structure in the world at the time it was built. If the height of Eiffel Tower is 324m, how much lower is it compared to today’s tallest man-made structure, the Burj Khalifa which is 830m in height?
What is 506 meters?
300
To add support on the house’s connections, Alvin decided to tie the wood joints with rope. He needs 185 feet of rope. He had 46 feet of rope to start and then his friend gave him some more. Now Alvin only needs 57 feet. How many feet of rope did his friend give to him?
What is 82 feet of rope?
300
If the cave is 974 feet deep and they are already at 588 feet, how much farther until they reach the end of the cave?
What is 386 feet?
300
This is the term for the number that is subtracted from the minuend.
What is subtrahend?
400
Helen’s mother brought 101 hotdogs. After a few hours, Dylan’s mother arrived with 379 hotdogs. How many hotdogs do they have altogether?
What is 480 hotdogs?
400
Rob also matched the London Eye which stands at 443ft and Las Vegas’ High Roller standing at 550ft. Being the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, how much taller is High Roller than the London Eye?
What is 107 feet?
400
Alvin wanted to make sure that he is protected from the cold evenings in the forest, so he decided to build a fireplace made of cement. If he bought 215lbs of cement and his son brought another 137lbs, how much cement did he have originally if he now has 450lbs?
What is 98 lbs of cement?
400
Rachel has always been fascinated by the French people. Rachel and her family began their tour with a visit to France. During their stay, Rachel went to the famous Eiffel Tower. If she climbed 567 flights of stairs going up and 325 going down, what is her total number of steps?
What is 901 steps?
400
This is the term for an answer to a subtraction problem.
What is difference?
500
Pinky made 147 miniature pumpkin pies for everyone and Helen made 56. How many miniature pies do they have in total?
What is 203 miniature pies?
500
Rob compared Canada’s CN Tower and Seattle’s Space Needle. How tall is the Space Needle if the CN Tower stands at 553m high and it is taller than the Space Needle by 369m?
What is 184 meters?
500
For finishing touches, Alvin needs 70 gallons of paint. If he bought 23 gallons to add to his existing 36 gallons of paint, how much more paint will he need?
What is 11 gallons of paint?
500
Rachel’s sister Bella, requested that they see the Buckingham Palace in London. If they travelled 451 miles by land and 150 miles by sea across the English Channel, what is the total distance that they travelled?
What is 601 miles?
500
This is the term for a number or quantity that can be added to other numbers or quantities.
What is addend?
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