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100
Cydney had 138 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 24 more. How many crayons does she have now?
138+ 24= 162 Crayons
100
Shivay has a ribbon that is 15 inches long. He cuts off 6 inches to use for a project.
How long is the ribbon now?
15-6 = 9 in
100
Santiago has a rectangular garden that is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. He wants to build a fence around it.
What is the total distance around/ perimeter of Santiago’s garden?
6 + 4 + 6 + 4 = 20 meters
100
Lily bakes cupcakes and arranges them in 3 rows with 5 cupcakes in each row.
How many cupcakes does she have in total?
Draw a picture of this word problem
5+5+5+= 15 cupcakes
3X5= 15 cupcakes
100
I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is 5, my tens digit is 2, and my ones digit is 8. What number am I?
528
200
Dr. Hassan's class read 62 books. Mrs. Nelson's class read 54 books. Mr. B's class read 50 books. How many books did the second grade read all together?
62+ 54+ 50= 266 books
200
Jackson jumps 12 feet in a jump rope competition. His friend Zahir jumps 15 feet.
Who jumped farther and by how many feet?
Zahir jumped farther by 3 feet
15 - 12 = 3 feet
200
A swimming pool is in the shape of a rectangle. The longer side is 10 meters, and the shorter side is 3 meters. How many meters is the total distance around/perimeter of the pool?
10 + 3 + 10 + 3 = 26 meters
200
Nafeesa’s birthday party starts at 2:00 PM. The party will last for 3 hours. What time will the party end?
5:00
200
I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is 6, my tens digit is 4, and my ones digit is 2. What number am I?
642
300
Mahika has read 89 books. Aarna read 75 more books. How many books do they have all together?
Aarna's books: 89+75= 164
Mahika + Aarna
89 + 164= 253 Books
300
A cake recipe needs 4 cups of sugar. Brooklyn adds 2 cups first, then adds 2 more cups. Later, she realizes she put too much sugar and removes 1 cup.
How much sugar is left in the cake batter?
2 + 2 = 4,
then
4 - 1 = 3 cups
300
15+7+15+7= 44 m
300
Caden starts his homework at 4:15 PM. He finishes it at 5:00 PM. How much time did he spend doing his homework?
45 min
300
I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is 8. My tens digit is half of my ones digit. The sum of my digits is 15. What number am I?
852.
Explanation:
The hundreds digit is 8.
The tens digit is half of the ones digit, so the ones digit must be 4 (since 4 is twice 2).
8 + 2 + 4 = 15.
400
There are some birds in a tree. Then Adhrit saw 75 more birds flew into the tree. Now there are 150 birds in the tree. How many birds where on the tree at the beginning? Write a number sentence to show this problem.
150- 75= 75 Birds
400
A jug has 32 ounces of water. Anabella drinks 10 ounces, and her brother drinks 8 ounces.
How much water is left in the jug?
32 - 10 = 22,
then
22 - 8 = 14 ounces
400
A small soccer field has four equal sides, each measuring 9 yards.
What is the perimeter of the soccer field?
Perimeter = 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 36 yards
400
Balance the equation
__ + 5 = 12 - 3
4
400
I am a number with three digits. My hundreds digit is 4, my tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit, and the sum of all my digits is 15. What number am I?
492
The hundreds digit is 4.
The tens digit is 3 more than the ones digit.
If the ones digit is 2, the tens digit will be 5 (3 more than 2).
4 + 5 + 2 = 15.
500
Yesterday, the Pizza Palace sold 165 sodas. Today it sold 94 sodas. How many fewer sodas did the Pizza Palace sell today than yesterday?
165- 94= 71 Sodas
500
Easton builds a block tower that is 25 inches tall. Then, he adds 7 more inches of blocks. But later, he removes 10 inches to make it shorter.
How tall is the tower now?
25 + 7 = 32,
then
32 - 10 = 22 inches
500
A school is building a rectangular playground that is 20 feet long and 14 feet wide. Later, they add a small section that is 6 feet wide to one of the shorter sides.
What is the new perimeter of the playground?
Original total distance = 20 + 14 + 20 + 14 = 68 feet
New total distance = 20 + (14 + 6) + 20 + (14 + 6) = 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 80 feet
500
__ + 9 = 18 - __
0 in first space and 9 in the second space
500
I am a two-digit number. The sum of my digits is 9. If you reverse my digits, the new number is 18 less than me. What number am I?
54
The sum of the digits is 5 + 4 = 9.
If you reverse the digits, you get 45, and 54 - 45 = 9, which is 18 less.