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Mary is painting a portrait. She bought 4 pints of black paint and 5 pints of blue paint. She realized that she didn't have enough and bought 6 more pints of paint. How much paint does she have now?
15 pints
Frank and Jacob have 502 pieces of candy altogether. If Frank has 304 pieces of candy, how many does Jacob have?
198 pieces
Erica crochets animals. Last month, she made $195.29. This month, she made $321.38. About how much money did she make in all?
about $516
Fred is having a party. He made 5 gallons of lemonade. His friend Jack made 3 gallons of fruit punch, and his sister Fiona brought 4 gallons of apple juice. How many gallons of drinks will Fred have at his party?
12 gallons
Denise has 567 jelly beans in her bag. She eats 29 of them, then 298 of them fall out a hole in the bag. How many jelly beans does she have now?
240 jelly beans
Sean is a professional athlete. Last year, he missed 29 games due to injury. This year, he missed 67 games due to injury. About how many more games did he miss this year than last year?
about 40 games
Victor is building a house. He has 687 pieces of lumber. His friend gives him 150 more pieces, then he buys 123 more. How many pieces of lumber does he have in all?
960 pieces
Jack's dog weighs 298.9 pounds. He's overweight, so the dog loses 20.2 pounds. The vet tells Jack that his dog needs to lose 15.4 more pounds. If the dog loses that weight, how much will he weigh?
263.3 pounds
Fred sells paint at his store. He started with 679.5 gallons of paint. Last month, he used 398.092 gallons of paint. This month, he sold 239.1 gallons of paint. About how much paint does he have left?
about 42 gallons
Aaron is giving out gift cards. He gives his friend Carla a gift card worth $31.00 and his friend Rhett a gift card worth $23.92. Then he gives his mom a gift card worth $55.08. How much were these gift cards worth in all?
$110
Wesley and Jason are having a sleepover. They are eating pizza. Wesley eats 3/4 of a pizza and Jason ate 1/4 of a pizza. How much more pizza did Wesley eat than Jason? (Bonus points if you simplify the answer)
2/4 or 1/2
Becky has $510.90. She bought 3 shirts that cost $40 each. How much money does she have left?
$390.90
Harry is recycling old cardboard boxes. Last week, he recycled 40.87 pounds of cardboard. This week, he recycled 39.961 pounds of cardboard. If he recycles 51.76 pounds of cardboard next week, how much cardboard will he have recycled in all?
132.591 pounds
Tammy and Henry are eating cake. Tammy eats 3/12 of the cake and Henry eats 4/8 of the cake. How much more cake did Henry eat than Tammy? (Bonus points for simplifying the answer)
6/24 or 1/3
Henry is looking for seashells. He found 34 in the first hour and 2 times that many in the second hour. How many seashells did Henry find in all?
102 seashells