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Briley wrote short stories over her summer vacation. She wrote 8 stories per week for 8 weeks. At the end, how many short stories had she written?
She wrote 64 short stories.
100
A football team lost 5 yards and then gained 9. What is the team's progress?
The team gained 4 yards total.
100
What is the greatest common factor of 36 and 60?
12
100
If we were to write it out as multiplication, what would 6^4 (see whiteboard) look like?
6X6X6X6
100
Jane spent $42 for shoes. This was $14 less than twice what she spent for a blouse. How much was the blouse?
The blouse cost $28.
200
Finnegan was interested in how much hair gel was the perfect amount to make his hair look awesome. He determined it was 5 ounces per week. How many ounces would it take for him to make his hair awesome for 5 weeks?
It would take 25 ounces of hair gel to make his hair look awesome for 5 weeks.
200
A customer pays 50 dollars for a coffee maker after a discount of 20 dollars. What is the original price of the coffee maker?
The original price of the coffee maker is $70.
200
The Student Council sold carnations on Valentine's Day as a fundraiser. The total amount of carnation sales came to $1,800. The cost of each carnation was 3 dollars. How many carnations did the Student Council sell?
The Student Council sold 600 carnations.
200
Simplify or solve: 1^2 + 2
3
200
The sum of two consecutive numbers is 37. What are they?
The numbers are 18 and 19.
300
Ryleigh loved to golf, but she usually lost 6 golf balls on a normal Saturday. If she golfed for 7 Saturdays, how many golf balls would she lose?
She would lose 42 golf balls.
300
Maria bought 10 notebooks and 5 pens costing 2 dollars each. How much did Maria pay?
Maria paid $30 for the notebooks and pens.
300
Eric, Julie, and Alicia each had the same total number of pennies. Eric made piles of 3 pennies with none left over. Julie made piles of 5 pennies with none left over. Alicia made piles of 6 pennies with none left over. Which of the following could be the total number of pennies each person had? A.) 15; B.) 18; C.) 20; D.) 30.
D.) 30 is the correct answer.
300
Simplify or solve: 2 - (2^2)
-2
300
The sum of two numbers is 84, and one of them is 12 more than the other. What are the two numbers?
The two numbers are 36 and 48.
400
Aiden and his dad made candles for a craft fair. They used 5 dipping sticks with 8 wicks on each stick. How many candles did they make?
They made 40 candles.
400
Half a number plus 5 is 11.What is the number?
The number is 12.
400
Jacob bought 2 types of chocolate candies for his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. He could order white chocolate in packs of 4 and dark chocolate in packs of 3. He ordered the same number of white chocolate candies as dark chocolate candies. What is the least amount of each candy he could have ordered?
The smallest amount Jacob could have ordered is 12 of each type of candy.
400
2^3 + 2 X 5
18
400
Julie has $50, which is eight dollars more than twice what John has. How much does John have?
John has $21.
500
Griffin was making a “house” out of Popsicle sticks. Each level of the walls took 4 sticks and he wanted to make his walls 10 levels high. How many sticks did he use for the walls?
He used 40 sticks for the walls.
500
The sum of two consecutive even integers is 26. What are the two numbers?
The numbers are 12 and 14.
500
Mr. Hauske can type 70 words per minute. How long will it take him to type 3,290 words?
It will take Mr. Hauske 47 minutes to type 3,290 words.
500
3^3 - 4 X 2 + (2^3 X 3)
25
500
Carlotta spent $35 at the market. This was seven dollars less than three times what she spent at the bookstore; how much did she spend there?
She spent $14 at the bookstore.
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