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michael had 3 apples, his friend lisa came over with apples as well and she gave 2 to his michael. how many apples does michael have now?
michael now has 5 apples
jenny has 16 boxes of chocolates to hand out to people on valentines day. there are 12 people in class, how many boxes of chocolates does she have left over?
4 boxes of chocolates. 16-12=4
lisa went to the store to get apples for michael. she went to the store with $10 in her pocket. the apples are 5 dollars each. she needs 3 apples. how much more money does she need to buy a 3rd apple?
lisa needs 5 more dollars. 3 apples would be 5+5+5=15
jessica ask her mom for some money to buy valentines day treat for people in her class. her mom gives her $25. after she is done, jessica's total comes to $15. how much change will she get?
25-15=$10 in change she will get back
alex is going grocery shopping and needs to be careful how much he spends. he gets 3 items. pizza at $3, monster energy drink at $4, toilet paper at $8. he has $15.00, does he have enough to buy everything on his list?
yes! he has exact change! 3+4+8=15
roger got his allowance of $20 today. he decides to ride down to the gas station and get some candy. he gets some candy which cost $8 and a soda which cost him $4. how much money does he have left?
roger will have $8 left. 8+4=12, 20-12=$8 left.
there are 20 people in class today, there are usually 17. how many more people are in class?
17+3=20, 3 extra people in class today
Mr. O'Connor has a reason to be concerned! the highest grade got 14 out of 20 questions wrong! 20-6=14
Mr. O'Connor is annoyed that his students are not listening. he tells them that however many people talk during his instructions, he will add 2 extra questions per person to tonights 10 question homework assignment. in the end 3 people were talking. now how many questions total will they have for homework tonight?
3 people talk, which is 2 questions per person. that would make it 2+2+2=6, 10+6=16. 16 questions for homework tonight.
jana is having fun at the fair, her mom gives her $15 for a wristband and food. the wristband cost $8. and she wants to be lemonade and a funnel cake, which will also cost $8. does she have enough for food and a wristband?
no. 15-8=$7. she needs 8 for the food, so she does not have enough.