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The orchard has 8 rows of apple trees. There are 7 rows with 6 apple trees and 1 row with only 4 apple trees. How many apple trees are in the orchard?
How many apple trees are in 7 rows?
7 x 6 = 42 apple trees
100
Kristen made 30 necklaces and gave 6 away. She put the rest in 4 boxes with an equal number in each box. How many necklaces were in each box?
30 - 6 = 24 necklaces
24/4 = 6 necklaces
100
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A bus has 10 seats that can each hold 2 passengers and another seat that can hold 3 passengers. How many passengers can be seated on the bus?
How many passengers can sit in the 10 seats?
10 x 2 = 20 passengers
100
Mrs. Schwab ordered 5 pizzas for a group of students. Each pizza had 8 slices. All but 3 slices were eaten. How many slices were eaten?
5 x 8 = 40 slices
40 - 3 = 37 slices
100
Billy has 4 packs of gum and 2 bags of candy. Jean has 10 packs of gum. How many packs of gum do they have altogether?
4 + 10 = 14 packs
(Extra info: Billy has 2 bags of candy.)
200
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Mrs. Juliano bought 4 packs of pencils with 10 pencils in each pack. She divided the pencils evenly among her 5 children. How many pencils did each child get?
How many pencils did Mrs. Juliano buy?
4 x 10 = 40 pencils
200
Mrs. Mieth bought 9 boxes of tiles. Each box had 8 tiles. She used all but 5 of the tiles. How many tiles did Mrs. Mieth use?
9 x 8 = 72 tiles
72 - 5 = 67 tiles
200
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Deb made 6 fruit baskets. She put 4 apples, 2 pears, and 3 oranges in each basket. How many pieces of fruit did Deb use in all?
How many pieces of fruit are in each basket?
4 + 2 + 3 = 9 pieces
200
Mrs. Glover made 6 bracelets. She used a total of 60 beads. Each bracelet has 6 beads that are silver and the rest are blue. How many beads on each bracelet are blue?
60/6 = 10 beads
10 - 6 = 4 blue beads
200
Janet made two dozen cookies for the picnic. 10 of them burned in the oven and she had to throw them away. How many cookies did Janet have left?
24 - 10 = 14 cookies
300
What is the FIRST step question/answer?
Kristen made 30 necklaces and gave 6 away. She put the rest in 4 boxes with an equal number in each box. How many necklaces were in each box?
How many necklaces did Kristen put in boxes?
30 - 6 = 24 necklaces
300
The orchard has 8 rows of apple trees. There are 7 rows with 6 apple trees and 1 row with only 4 apple trees. How many apple trees are in the orchard?
7 x 6 = 42 apple trees
42 + 4 = 46 apple trees
300
What is the FIRST step question/answer?
Mrs. Schwab ordered 5 pizzas for a group of students. Each pizza had 8 slices. All but 3 slices were eaten. How many slices were eaten?
How many slices of pizza did Mrs. Schwab order?
5 x 8 = 40 slices
300
A bus has 10 seats that can each hold 2 passengers and another seat that can hold 3 passengers. How many passengers can be seated on the bus?
10 x 2 = 20 passengers
20 + 3 = 23 passengers
300
Mallory had 15 math problems for homework. She had 7 more problems than Addy. How many math problems did Addy have for homework?
15 - 7 = 8 problems
400
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Amy had 42 vacation pictures and 12 birthday pictures. She put an equal number of pictures on 9 pages in her scrapbook. How many pictures did Amy put on each page?
How many pictures did Amy have altogether?
42 + 12 = 54 pictures
400
Mrs. Juliano bought 4 packs of pencils with 10 pencils in each pack. She divided the pencils evenly among her 5 children. How many pencils did each child get?
4 x 10 = 40 pencils
40/5 = 8 pencils
400
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Susan has 122 coins in her collection. Fifty coins are quarters and the rest are nickels. If she fills 9 pages in a coin folder with the same number of nickels, how many nickels are on each page?
How many coins are nickels?
122 - 50 = 72 nickels
400
Susan has 122 coins in her collection. Fifty coins are quarters and the rest are nickels. If she fills 9 pages in a coin folder with the same number of nickels, how many nickels are on each page?
122 - 50 = 72 nickels
72/9 = 8 nickels
400
Michelle has 13 stuffed animals. She has 8 fewer stuffed animals than Mary Ann. How many stuffed animals does Mary Ann have?
13 + 8 = 21 stuffed animals
500
What is the FIRST step question/answer?
Mrs. Mieth bought 9 boxes of tiles. Each box had 8 tiles. She used all but 5 of the tiles. How many tiles did Mrs. Mieth use?
How many tiles did Mrs. Mieth buy?
9 x 8 = 72 tiles
500
Amy had 42 vacation pictures and 12 birthday pictures. She put an equal number of pictures on 9 pages in her scrapbook. How many pictures did Amy put on each page?
42 + 12 = 54 pictures
54/9 = 6 pictures
500
What is the FIRST step question/answer?
Mrs. Glover made 6 bracelets. She used a total of 60 beads. Each bracelet has 6 beads that are silver and the rest are blue. How many beads on each bracelet are blue?
How many beads are on each bracelet?
60/6 = 10 beads
500
Deb made 6 fruit baskets. She put 4 apples, 2 pears, and 3 oranges in each basket. How many pieces of fruit did Deb use in all?
4 + 2 + 3 = 9 pieces
9 x 6 = 54 pieces
500
Sam was carrying some pencils. His teacher borrowed 17 of them. Sam has 64 pencils left. How many pencils was Sam carrying at first?