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100
Stacie counts 26 legs in a barnyard with horses and chickens. If there are 8 animals, how many are horses?
5
100
Rosa is 3 years older than Omar. Omar is 2 years older than Francesca. Francesca is 8 years younger than Roberto. If Roberto is 21 how old is Rosa?
18
100
A family is renting a cabin for 59.95 a day for 5 days. About how much will they pay for the cabin?
$300
100
The population of California in 2001 was one hundred thousand more than 34,401,130. What was the population of California?
34,501,130
100
Thr Lee family boght a new car for $24,000. They made a down payment of $4000. If they want to make 5 equal payments to pay off the car, how much will each payment be?
$4000
200
I wrote 5 different numbers on 5 cards. The sum of the numbers is 15. What numbers did I put on the cards?
1,2,3,4,5
200
Phil was given his allowance on Monday. On Tuesday he spent $1.50 at the fruit stand. On Wednesday, Jed paid Phil the $1.00 he owed him. If Phil now has $2.00, how much is his allowance?
Phil's allowance is $2.50.
200
Four friends split the cost of two pizzas. If the cost of the pizzas was $27.80, about how much will each friend have to pay?
$7
200
Kathleen has recorded 0.4 of a book on to a CD. What fraction of the book has she recorded?
4/10
200
Melanie can walk five kms in a half an hour. How long would it take her to walk 75 kms?
15 hours
300
You have 4 (four) pizzas that are divided into 12 pieces each. You have 23 kids that want pizza. How many pieces of pizza does each of the kids have?
2 pieces each with 2 left over
300
Jacob, Jesse, and James uncovered a strongbox containing some gold nuggets. They buried half of the nuggets in the Grand Canyon and divided the remaining nuggets evenly among themselves. Jesse received 2,000 gold nuggets. How many nuggets were in the strongbox?
12,000 gold nuggets
300
You need to fill a 46 gallon wine vat. You have a 3 gallon measure. How many times will you need to fill the measure in order to fill the vat?
15 or 16
300
Two divers entered a competition. Their scores were 9.75 and 9.79. What scoew was better?
9.79
300
John has 3764 songs on his Ipod. Steve has 2457 songs on his Ipod. Julie has half as many songs as John. How many songs does she have?
1882
400
Ben knows 100 baseball players by name. Ten are Red Sox. The rest are Blue Jays and Diamondbacks. He knows the names of twice as many Blue Jays as Diamondbacks. How many Blue Jays does he know by name?
Blue Jays- 60 Diamondbacks-30
400
Leon wanted to know the age of a black bear at the zoo. The zoo keeper told Leon that if he added 10 years to the age of the bear and then doubled it, the bear would be 90 years old. How old is the bear?
35 years old
400
A carpenter is going to replace a door that is 2 1/2 ft wide. The opening is 3 times as tall as it is wide. About how tall should he cut the door?
7 1/2feet or 90 inches
400
The area of Texas is 695,676 square miles. That is 525,368 more than Florida. What is the area of Florida?
170,308
400
Andrea earns $9.50/hour. She works 5 hours a day. How much money would she make in 6 days?
$285
500
The hardware store sells red buckets, which hold 6 gallons of water, and blue buckets, which hold 1 gallon. Renee bought 6 buckets. Her buckets will hold 31 gallons in total. How many of each type of bucket did Renee buy?
5 red buckets, 1 blue bucket
500
I bought a bag of apples. I kept half of them for myself. I gave the rest to 3 friends. Each friend got 2 apples. How many apples did I buy?
12 apples
500
School Raffle tickets cost $4 each. Their goal is to raise at least $500. If 126 ticket were sold did they meet their goal?
yes
500
Amusic store sells 60 Cds and 40 CD Players. If the Cds cost $10.25 and the Cd Players costs $32.80, how much did the store make?
$615 +$1312=$1927
500
In English class, Julie learns 34 new words per month. How many words will she know after studying English for 3 years?
1224
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