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Tommy went to 53 baseball games this year. He went to 19 games last year. How many baseball games did Tommy go to altogether?
What is 72 games
Doug began his baseball card collection when his dad gave him 16 cards. Doug won 26 cards during the game. He then bought 41 cards at the Sport Court. How many baseball cards are in Doug's collection now?
What is 83 cards
Dana brought 50 cupcakes to school. She gave 38 cupcakes to the second graders and some to the third graders. At the end of the day, Dana only had 6 cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did the third graders get?
What is 6 cupcakes
Memorial Elementary School is having a school play. 5 students from each of the 10 classrooms will be chosen to be in the play. How many students will be in the school play altogether?
What is 50 students
Three friends emptied their piggy banks. Chris counted 8 nickels. Robert counted 7 times as many nickels as Chris. Zoey counted 10 times as many nickels as Robert. How many nickels did Zoey have?
What is 560 nickels
Holly solved 44 problems during the math contest. Monica solved 14 more problems than Holly. How many math problems did Monica solve?
What is 58 problems
Nancy built 20 block towers. Miguel made twice as many towers as Nancy. Nancy's puppy knocked down 22 towers when he ran through the den. How many towers were not knocked down?
What is 38 towers
Justin had 28 books. He gave 13 books to his friend, Caleb. Justin bought 12 more books at a book fair. How many books did Justin have then?
What is 27 books
Emma likes to do math problems as quickly as she can. She can do 13 multiplication problems in one minute. How many multiplication problems can Emma do in 8 minutes?
What is 104 problems
Kayla has 82 cents in her pocket. She wants to buy 5 pencils at the school supply store. Each pencil costs 15 cents. How much money will Kayla have left?
What is 7 cents
Nicky had 64 Magic Marvin Stickers. He gave 19 of them to his younger brother. How many stickers did Nicky have left?
What is 45 stickers
Ben, Megan, and Zoey collect comics. Ben has 23 comics. Megan has 40 more comics than Ben. Zoey has 21 fewer comic than Megan. How many comics does Zoey have?
What is 42 comics
Noah, Miguel, and Morgan counted their candy. Noah had 22 pieces of candy. Miguel had twice as many pieces as Noah. Morgan had 21 more pieces than Noah and Miguel combined. How many pieces of candy did Morgan have?
What is 87 pieces
Mason is reading an exciting detective book. The book has 99 pages. Mason reads 11 pages each day. How many days will it take Mason to finish the book?
What is 9 days
The Girl Scouts are having their annual cookie sale. Molly sells 4 boxes of cookies each day. After 6 days, Molly still had 13 boxes of cookies left to sell. How many boxes of cookies did Molly have at first?
What is 37 boxes
Greta can do 55 sit-ups in one minute. Dylan can only do 34 sit-ups in one minute. How many fewer sit-ups can Dylan do?
What is 21 sit-ups
Sam had 89 cents in his pocket. He spent 37 cents at the candy store. Later, he spent 30 cents at the art store. How much money did Sam have then?
What is 22 cents
Ashley has a book of puzzles to solve. She solved 29 puzzles on Tuesday and 24 puzzles on Saturday. If Ashley solves 15 more puzzles,she will have finished them all. How many puzzles are in Ashley's book?
What is 68 puzzles
Skylar is training for a bicycle tour. She can bike 8 miles in one hour. How many hours will it take Skylar to finish the bike tour that is 48 miles long?
What is 6 hours
Craig has 28 Pokemon cards. If he gets 18 more cards, he will have exactly half as many Pokemon cards as his friend Juan. How many does Juan have?
What is 92 cards
Greg had 54 pennies in his bank. His dad gave him some more pennies. Now Greg has 92 pennies in his bank. How many pennies did Greg get from his Dad?
What is 38 pennies
Anna made 38 posters for the school fair. Tyler made 15 more posters than Anna. They placed 14 posters around the neighborhood. How many posters were left?
What is 77 posters
There are a total of 32 cookies on two plates in my kitchen. When I took 6 cookies from the first plate, there were still 9 cookies left on it. How many cookies must be on the second plate?
What is 17 cookies
My cub scout troop went to Adventure Land last weekend. We paid a total of $182 for admission tickets. Each ticket cost $13. How may cub scouts went to Adventure Land?
What is 14 scouts
Taylor has 8 stickers. Dianna has 3 times as many stickers as Taylor but only half as many stickers as Kendra. How many stickers does Kendra have?
What is 48 stickers