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The Morris family went to the beach. Zach collected 160 shells and Emily collected 128 shells. How many shells did they collect?
What is 288?
Fred won 137 tickets at the carnival. His friend won 129 tickets. How many more tickets did Fred win than his friend?
What is 8?
Enrique saved $430 for a football camp. He will need $125 for supplies and $254 for camp cost. How much money will he have after he pays for all the expenses?
What is 51?
Farmer Brown picked 14 red tomatoes and 18 green tomatoes. If he used a total of 12 tomatoes to make salsa, how many tomatoes were left?
What is 20?
The Lopez Family collected 526 cans. Pearl collected 155 cans. Emily collected 138. How many shells did the rest of the family collect?
What is 233?
Annie collected 87 leaves. Libby collected 196 leaves. How many leaves did they collect?
What is 283?
Mr. Saenz has a statue that is 875 years old. He also has a medal that is 349 years old. How many years older is the statue than the medal?
What is 526 years older?
The carpenter had 730 nails in his toolbox. He used 227 nails to build a bookshelf. He also used 382 nails on a hope chest. How many nails did he have left?
What is 121?
Morgan and Ciara were working on a project. They decided to combine supplies. Morgan had 15 markers and Ciara had 11. As they were working, 3 of the markers ran out of ink. How many good markers were left?
What is 23?
Mrs. Rodriguez's class sold 135 boxes of cookies. Miss Mendez's class sold 118 boxes. Mrs. Lopez's class sold 5 more boxes than Mrs. Rodriguez's class. How man boxes did the three classes sell in all?
What is 393?
Matty picked 55 apples at the apple orchard. Kathy picked 18 apples. How many apples did Matty and Kathy pick altogether?
What is 73?
Charlie cooked 392 hamburgers for a picnic. When the picnic was over, there were 59 hamburgers left over. How many hamburgers were eaten?
What is 333 hamburgers?
In July, a fish farm released 226 catfish and 354 bass in a lake. In September they released 366 catfish and 120 bass. How many more catfish than bass was released?
What is 118?
Reggie scored 16 points and James scored 22 points at the basketball game. If their team scored a total of 79 points, how many points did the rest of the team score?
What is 41?
Mrs. Castillo bought 98 daisies and 63 roses. She planted 83 flowers in her front yard. She planted the rest in her backyard. How many flowers did she plant in the backyard?
What is 78 flowers?
Mr. Castro worked 56 hours last week. Then he worked another 8 hours on Saturday. How many hours did Mr. Castro work in total?
What is 64?
Pedro had 52 pennies and 19 nickles in his piggy bank. He spent 37 pennies. How many pennies did he have left in his piggy bank?
What is 15 pennies?
Office Depot printed 972 flyers for a parade. The employees gave out 391 flyers on Saturday and 285 flyers on Sunday. How many flyers are left?
What is 296?
This morning, there were 46 fish in an aquarium and 62 fish in the other aquarium. At noon, 21 fish were sold. How many fish are left in the aquarium?
What is 87?
Gloria painted 138 pictures with flowers. She also painted 172 pictures with fruit. At the auction she sold 114 paintings. How many paintings are left?
What is 196 paintings?
Kim earned $523 in May and $298 in June. How much money did Kim earn in the 2 months?
What is $821?
Carolina had 562 pieces of gum. She gave 378 pieces of gum to her brother. How many pieces of gum does she have then?
What is 184 pieces of gum?
At the garage sale, Mrs. Hall sold a dishwasher for $175, a Barbie bed for $136, and a Big Screen TV for $395. How much money did Mrs. Hall make on the 3 items sold?
What is $706?
There are 73 people on the train. At the first stop, 24 more people got on the train. 12 people got off the train. How many people are left on the train?
What is 85?
Students went to see the symphony at the auditorium. It has 164 seats on the main floor and 342 on the second floor. On the day of performance, 87 seats were empty. How many students saw the symphony perform?
What is 419 students?