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Oliver got his math test back today.
He got 64 questions right and 11 questions wrong.
How many questions were on the test?
75 questions on the test
I have two dogs.
My brown dog barked 37 times.
My white dog barked 21 times.
How many more times did my brown dog bark?
16 more times
Grandma is having her 65th birthday today.
We put 34 pink candles around the cake.
We put 10 yellow candles in the center.
How many more candles do we need to put on the cake?
21 candles
There were 42 dancing beans jumping around. Then 12 more came jumping in to join the dance party. How many dancing beans were there in all?
54 dancing beans
Cheryl scored 65 points on a computer game.
Robin scored 14 more points than Cheryl.
How many points did Robin score?
79 points
There is going to be a dog show in Monroe County.
Carolyn worked 74 minutes getting her dog ready.
Luisa worked 60 minutes getting her dog ready.
How many more minutes did Carolyn work?
14 more minutes
Greg has 31 baseball cards.
Matthew has 5 more cards than Greg.
How many baseball cards do the two boys have together?
67 baseball cards
The monkey had 5 nickels and 2 dimes. She wanted to buy an ice cream cone for 50¢. Does the monkey have enough money?
No, the monkey only has 45 cents.
Kyle has some pennies in his bank.
He used 75 pennies to buy a pen.
Now he only has 24 pennies in his bank.
How many pennies did Kyle have at first?
99 pennies
There are 34 boys in Mitchell's scout troop.
Some of them went on a camping trip
14 boys stayed home.
How many boys went on the camping trip
20 boys
Christopher is reading a book that has 78 pages.
He read 14 pages today and 24 pages yesterday.
How many more pages does Christopher have to read?
40 more pages
Joey The Giant ate 172 beetles for lunch. He ate 238 crickets for dinner. How many bugs did Joey eat today?
410
The school band is getting ready for a concert.
They practiced 115 minutes on Monday and 125 minutes on Tuesday.
How many minutes did the band practice on both days?
240 minutes
Mike sold 152 tickets to the concert.
Jack sold 16 fewer tickets than Mike.
How many tickets did Jack sell?
136 tickets
Anna read her book in three days.
She read 35 pages on Monday and 22 pages on Tuesday.
Anna read 31 pages on Wednesday.
How many pages are in Anna's book?
88 pages
The potato has 90¢ and the carrot has 76¢. How much more money does the potato have than carrot?
14 more cents
The third grade class keeps track of all the pages they read.
They read 579 pages in March.
They read 145 more pages in April than in March.
How many pages did the third graders read in April?
724
The library purchased 320 new books this year.
168 of the new books are fiction.
How many of the new books are not fiction?
152
Mindy blew up 24 red balloons and 15 white balloons.
7 of the balloons popped.
How many balloons did Mindy have then?
32 balloons
Annie brought 300 meatballs to school. She shared her meatballs with her class. When she got home, she had 127 meatballs leftover. How many meatballs did she share at school?
173 meatballs