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Tom loves to play baseball. He saved $13.50, but a new baseball cost $21.00. He plans on moving some lawns to earn the additional money. How much money will he need to buy the baseball

What is "This problem is asking me to find the money needed to buy the baseball.

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Ms Peak's class is collecting books again this year. They collected 240 last year. So far this year they have collected 137 books. How many more books do they need to collect to tie last year's record?

What is "This problem is asking me to find the number of books needed to collect to tie last year's number of books collected.

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Tom travels 218 miles on Sunday. On Monday he traveled 256 miles. He is heading to visit his mom in California. On Tuesday he reached his mom house, he traveled 345 miles. How many miles did he travel in all three days?

What is "This problem is asking me to find the total number of miles Tom traveled in 3 days.

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Mom baked 15 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each, how many individual slices of pie did she make for the fundraiser?

What is "This problem is asking me to find the number of individual pie slices did she make for the fundraiser?

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Mom baked 2 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. She also baked 3 peach pies. Mom baked 2 dozen peanut butter cookies also. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each and the cookies are sold individually, how many individual pieces of baked goods did she make for the fundraiser?

What is "This problem is asking me to find the number of individual baked items did she make for the fundraiser?

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Tom loves to play baseball. He saved $13.50, but a new baseball cost $21.00. He plans on moving some lawns to earn the additional money. How much money will he need to buy the baseball? What are the unnecessary facts? What are the necessary facts?

What are the unnecessary facts: Tom loves to play baseball. He mows lawns to earn additional money. What are the necessary facts: Saved $13.50, baseball costs $21.00

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Ms Peak's class is collecting books again this year. They collected 240 last year. So far this year they have collected 137 books. How many more books do they need to collect to tie last year's record?

What are the unnecessary facts: Ms Peaks collects books last year and this year What are the necessary facts: collected 240 book last year. Collected 137 so far this year.

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Tom travels 218 miles on Sunday. On Monday he traveled 256 miles. He is heading to visit his mom in California. On Tuesday he reached his mom's house, he traveled 345 miles. How many miles did he travel in all three days?

What are the unnecessary facts: He is heading to visit his mom in California. On Tuesday he reached his mom's house What are the necessary facts: traveled 218 miles on Sunday, traveled 256 on Monday, traveled 345 on Tuesday

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Mom baked 15 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each, how many individual slices of pie did she make for the fundraiser?

What are the unnecessary facts: Her pies sell very well at the fundraiser What are the necessary facts: mom baked 15 pies, they are cut into 8 slices each

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Mom baked 2 apple pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. Ms. Bee always buys lots of the slices to freeze for eating later. She also baked 3 peach pies. Mom baked 2 dozen peanut butter cookies also. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each and the cookies are sold individually, how many individual pieces of baked goods did she make for the fundraiser?

What are the unnecessary facts: mom pies sell very well at the fundraiser, Ms Bee buys slices to freeze and eat later. What are the necessary facts: Mom bakes 2 apple pies, 3 peach pies, 2 dozen cookies, pies are cut into 8 slices each, all baked goods are sold individually.

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Tom loves to play baseball. He saved $13.50, but a new baseball cost $21.00. He plans on moving some lawns to earn the additional money. How much money will he need to buy the baseball? What is the math operation you will use? What is your plan?

What is subtraction? I will subtract 13.50 from 21.00.

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Ms Peak's class is collecting books again this year. They collected 240 last year. So far this year they have collected 137 books. How many more books do they need to collect to tie last year's record? What is the math operation you will use? What is your plan?

What is subtraction? I will subtract 137 books from 240 books.

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Tom travels 218 miles on Sunday. On Monday he traveled 256 miles. He is heading to visit his mom in California. On Tuesday he reached his mom house, he traveled 345 miles. How many miles did he travel in all three days? What is the math operation you will use? What is your plan?

What is addition? I will add 218, 256, and 345 together to get the total number of miles traveled.

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Mom baked 15 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each, how many individual slices of pie did she make for the fundraiser? What is the math operation you will use? What is your plan?

What is multiplication? I will multiply 15 pies by 8 slices

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Mom baked 2 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. She also baked 3 peach pies. Mom baked 2 dozen peanut butter cookies also. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each and the cookies are sold individually, how many individual pieces of baked goods did she make for the fundraiser? What are the math operations you will use? What are your plans?

What is addition, multiply, multiply, add I will add 2 pies to 3 pies, I will then multiply the sum by 8 slices, I will multiply 2 dozen cookies by 12 (12 items in each dozen), I will add all the answers together to get the total.

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Tom loves to play baseball. He saved $13.50, but a new baseball cost $21.00. He plans on moving some lawns to earn the additional money. How much money will he need to buy the baseball? What is your estimate? What is your answer to the problem?

What is estimate? What is $7.50

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Ms Peak's class is collecting books again this year. They collected 240 last year. So far this year they have collected 137 books. How many more books do they need to collect to tie last year's record? What is your estimate? What is your answer to the problem?

What is estimate? What is 103?

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Tom travels 218 miles on Sunday. On Monday he traveled 256 miles. He is heading to visit his mom in California. On Tuesday he reached his mom house, he traveled 345 miles. How many miles did he travel in all three days? What is your estimate? What is your answer to the problem?

What is estimate? What is 819?

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Mom baked 15 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each, how many individual slices of pie did she make for the fundraiser? What is your estimate? What is your answer to the problem?

What is estimate? What are 120 slices?

500

Mom baked 2 pies for a school fundraiser. Her pies always sold very well in past fundraisers. She also baked 3 peach pies. Mom baked 2 dozen peanut butter cookies also. If the pies are cut into 8 individual slices each and the cookies are sold individually, how many individual pieces of baked goods did she make for the fundraiser? What is your estimate? What is your answer to the problem?

What is estimate? What are 5 pies? What are 40 slices? What are 24 cookies? What are 64 individual baked goods

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Ben has 62 baseball cards. Al has 83 baseball cards. How many more cards does Al have than Ben?

What is 21 baseball cards?

200

The student club sold 32 cupcakes and 25 brownies at the bake sale. They also sold 12 pies. How many baked goods did the student club sell in all?

What is 69 baked goods?

300

Nina bought 17 peppermints. She shared 8 of them with her friends. How many peppermints does Nina now have for her?

What is 1 peppermint candy for Nina?

400

Jack saved $9.97 for a model kit. The kit was on sale for $8.50. How much money will Jack have left over after buying the model kit?

What is $1.47

500

Fran has 59 stamps in her collection. Erica has 69 in her collection. Erica gave 15 to Fran because they are friends. Erica's mom gave her 21 more then for her birthday. What is the number that Fran now has and the number that Erica has? Who has the most now?

What is 75 that Erica has? What is 74 that Fran has? Eric has the most