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Darcy ordered 18 boxes of yellow balloons and 12 boxes of purple balloons for a party. She ordered a total of 240 balloons. How many balloons are in each box?

8 balloons

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Matt collected 63 pounds of paper for recycling. Katie collected 9 pounds. How many times as many pounds did Matt collect as Katie

7 times

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Bob ordered 5 boxes of black markers and 6 boxes of green markers for the school's art department. He ordered a total of 66 markers. How many markers are in each box?

6 markers

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Melanie ordered 2 reclining chairs for $230 each and a coffee table for #350. The shipping cost is $100. Melanie is going to pay off the bill in 5 equal payments. How much will each payment be?

$182

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Kyle decides to buy a bike for $172, even though it is 4 times the amount of money he already has. He saves $9 a week to get the rest. How many weeks will Kyle have to save to have enough to buy the bike?

15 weeks

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Dottie has $120 to spend. She went to the grocery store and spent $55. She then bought 3 potted flowers for $18 each at the nursery. How much money did Dee have left?

$11

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Mattie had $260 to spend at the jewelry store. He already spent $125 and then bought 3 bracelets for $27 each. How much money does Mattie have left?

$54

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Sally jogged 54 laps around the football field. Henry ran 9 laps. How many times as many laps did Sally run than Henry?

6 times

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Mitch wants to beat the record for the most points scored in a season. This season, he has scored 51 points. If he scores 27 points at each of the next 7 games, he will break the record by 1 point.  What will his score be?

240 points

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Emily wants to beat the record for the most aces served in a tennis season. This season, she has served 46 aces. If she serves 14 aces at each match in the next 3 matches, she will break the record by 1 ace serve. How many aces did she serve?

88 aces

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James and her 2 sisters want to take a camping trip. They have $225 saved. Each of them will save $21 a week until they have at least $512 to pay for the trip. How much money will they save after 4 weeks? (total)

$477

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James and her 2 sisters want to take a camping trip. They have $225 saved. Each of them will save $21 a week until they have at least $512 to pay for the trip. How much money will they save in 4 weeks?

$252

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Jason and his 3 brothers want to buy a gift for their mother. They have $314 saved. Each of them will save $17 a week until they have at least $515 for her gift. How many weeks will they have to save?

3 weeks

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Jason and his 3 brothers want to buy a gift for their mother. They have $314 saved. Each of them will save $17 a week until they have at least $515 for her gift. How much money will they have after 3 weeks?

$518

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Beth sold 2 paintings for $95 each, 5 stone sculptures for $64 each, and 1 mini-bronze sculpture for $150 in the month of April. Beth doubled her sales in May. How much were her total sales in April and May?

$1,980

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