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While playing a trivia game, Chad answered sixteen questions correct in the first half and forty questions correct in the second half. If each question was worth twenty-three points, what was his final score?

(16+40)x23

56X23

1,288

100

What is the rule and the next number?

35, 33, 31, 29, ____

-2

27

100

3+2x3

9

100

(6x5)÷(54÷9)

30÷6

5

100

30x70

2,100

200

While shopping for music online, Karina bought sixteen country CD's and two pop CD's. Each CD  had eleven songs. How many songs did Karina buy total?

(16+2)x11

18x11

198

200

What is the rule and next number?

42, 46, 50, ____

+4

54


200

(3+2)x3

15

200

(6x7)-(4x8)

42-32

10

200

What is the value of the underlined digit in the number 8,936? 

900

300

There were fourteen friends playing a video game online when five more players joined the game. If each player had fourteen lives, how many lives did they have total?

(14+5)x14

19x14

266

300

1, 2, 4, 8, ____

x2


16

300

20x(15-5)

200

300

9+7-3x5

9+7-15

16-15

1

300

   8,070

-    691

7,379

400

At the town carnival Katie rode the Ferris wheel 17 times and the bumper cars 16 times. If the Ferris wheel cost 12 tickets for each ride and the bumper cars cost 10 tickers each ride, how many tickets did she use in all?

(17x12)+(16x10)

204+160

364

400

Write a pattern for the rule

+10, -1

ex: 10, 20, 19, 29, 28, 38

400

(39x2)÷6

13

400

50-5x(27÷3)

50-5x9

50-45

5

400

42x12

504

500

Tyler was collecting cans for recycling. On Saturday, he filled five bags up and on Sunday he filled eight more bags. If each bag had 79 cans in it, how many cans did he pick up total?

(5x79) +(8x79)

395+632

1027

500

What is the rule and next number for this pattern?

1, 4, 4, 7, 7, 10, _____

+3, +(-)0 or +3, ÷(x)1

10

500

(560÷7)x23

1,840

500

150+24÷(8-2)

150+24÷6

150+4

154

500

27,722÷9

3,080 R2

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