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100
Jenny had 45 pennies and her mom gave her 83 more. How many pennies does she have in all?
128 pennies
100
Eliza planted 50 seeds in her garden. She planted 18 carrot seeds, 17 pumpkin seeds, and the rest were pepper seeds. How many pepper seeds did she plant?
18+17=35
50-35=15
15 pepper seeds
100
85+29=?
114
100
85-29=?
56
100
Which numbers below are odd?
12, 17, 18, 23, 55
17, 23, and 55
200
Mrs. Ambert bought 124 pencils and put them in a bin. Ms. Kelly gave Mrs. Ambert 100 more pencils to put in her bin. How many total pencils are in the bin?
224 pencils
200
Steve found 22 pencils in his pencil pouch. His mom gave him 35 more pencils and his sister gave him some more. If he now has 95 pencils, how many pencils did his sister give him?
22+35=57
95-57=38
38 pencils
200
123+79=?
202
200
124-78=?
46
200
Skip count by 2's to finish the pattern:
26, __, __, __, __, __, __, __
26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
300
There are 117 markers on the floor. The students picked up 88 markers from the floor. How many markers are left on the floor?
29 markers
300
Jacob needs to read for 100 minutes this week. On Monday he read 14 minutes and on Tuesday he read for 18 minutes. How many more minutes does he still need to read this week?
68 more minutes
300
358+358=?
716
300
455-129=?
326
300
Solve this array using a repeated addition equation.
X X X X X
X X X X X
X X X X X
5+5+5=15 OR 3+3+3+3+3=15
400
The 7th and 8th grade students at UPA need to bake a total of 900 cookies for the bake sale. The 7th graders baked 524 cookies. How many cookies do the 8th graders need to bake for the bake sale?
376 cookies
400
I need to clean out my room and give away 200 books. So far, I have 1 box with 90 books and 1 box with 23 books. How many more books do I need to put in a box to donate?
87 more books
400
546+361=?
907
400
546-361=?
185
400
What time is on this clock?
5:45
500
There are 1,000 animals in a barn. The farmer buys a new barn and splits the animals between the two barns. The first barn now has 732 animals in it. How many animals were moved to the new barn?
268 animals
500
Ms. Ballard, Ms. Abdelrahman, and Mrs. Hester are cleaning up the school. Ms. Ballard found 29 pieces of trash on the ground. Ms. Abdelrahman found 5 more pieces of trash on the ground than Ms. Ballard. Mrs. Hester found 50 pieces of trash on the ground. How much trash combined did they all find on the ground?
113 pieces of trash
500
632+368=?
1,000!
500
643-259=?
384
500
What number is this?
8 hundreds + 4 ones + 3 tens + 7 tens
904