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100

Jessica bought a pack of pens and a notebook for $15. The notebook cost $3. How much does the pack of pens cost.

What is $5

100

Martha cuts 5 pieces of ribbon that are 3 inches long each.  How much ribbon is left if Martha started with 30 inches of ribbon?

What is 15 inches

100

Kate is making 8 bracelets and a necklace to sell at the school carnival. Each bracelet has 9 beads on it. The necklace has 25 beads. How many beads will she use in all?

What is 97 beads

200

Max gave his brother 5 baseball cards. Now he has 13 cards left. How many cards did Max start out with?

What is 18

200

Juanita gave 6 DVDs to a friend. She has 10 DVDs left. How many DVDs did Juanita start with? 

What is 8 DVDs

200

Mary bought a bottled water for $3. She also bought 4 bracelets that were $6. How much money did she spend?

What is $27

300

Donald picked 8 baskets of oranges with 3 oranges in each basket. He also picked 49 more oranges. How many oranges did he pick in all?

What is 209 oranges

300

Carrie made 4 boxes of muffins with 6 muffins in each box. She also made a basket with 14 muffins in it. How many muffins did she make in all?

What is 38 muffins

300

Blue Elementary School ordered 48 new student chairs in May and 24 new student chairs in June. The chairs were divided evenly among 9 kindergarten classrooms. How many new student chairs did each classroom receive?

What is 8

400

Ellis made 6 placemats with 7 ribbons on each placemat. He also used 39 ribbons on a centerpiece. What is the best estimate of the number of ribbons he used?

What is 80 ribbons

400

Mark is 8 years old. Pat is 2xs as old as Mark plus 3 more years.  How old is Pat?

What is 19 years old

400

Tami bought stickers for $4 a pack.  She bought 9 packs.  Tami paid with $50.  How much change did Tami get back?  

What is $14

500

Martin went fishing for 5 days. Each day he caught 10 fish. At the end of the week he gave 7 fish away. How many fish did Martin have at the end of the 5 days?

What is 43 fish

500

Jacob has 9 packs with 6 markers in each pack. He also has 12 more markers. What is a reasonable estimate of the number of markers he has?

What is 70 markers

500

Mrs. Leslie bought 8 packages of paint brushes with 4 brushes in each pack. She gave away 10 paint brushes. How many paint brushes did she have after giving away 10?

What is 22 paint brushes

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