Word Problems
Mykah went to the park and saw 174 ants and 121 butterflies. How many more ants did she see than butterflies?
53
23 + 54 + 12
89
187 - 124
63
If I have 2 quarters, 1 dime, 7 nickels, and 2 pennies, how many cents do I have?
97 cents
Use >, <, or = to fill in the blank:
33 + 9 _____ 39 + 3
=
Shira is baking cookies. She made 39 chocolate chip, 42 peanut butter, and 47 sugar. How many cookies did she make in all?
128
Use base ten to solve:
125 + 796
921
Use base ten to solve:
272 - 154
118
Show two ways to make 78 cents using quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. You cannot use more than two quarters.
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Today 23 out of 102 second graders were absent. How many were at school?
79
Collier has 237 books at his house. If 92 are mystery, 66 are picture books, and the rest are graphic novels, how many of his books are graphic novels?
79
Use expanded form to solve:
447 + 395
842
Use expanded form to solve:
350 - 92
258
Al wants to buy a candy bar that costs 89 cents. He has 1 quarter, 3 dimes, 3 nickels, and 4 pennies. Does he have enough? If not, how much more does he need?
No; 15 cents
If 8 of your friends all have 2-wheeled bikes, how many wheels are there in all?
16
Vera has a sticker collection. She has 330 stickers. 105 are cat stickers, 78 are pig stickers, and the rest are dog stickers. How many dog stickers does she have?
147
Use a number line to solve:
555 + 298
853
Use a number line to solve:
758 - 569
189
Eric has 17 dimes and Dallas has 8 dimes. How many more cents does Eric have than Dallas?
90 cents
Three 3-digit numbers add up to 833. What could the three numbers be?
___ + ___ + ___ = 833
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Theo has a lot of Halloween candy left. He gives Margo 97 pieces and Shane 94 pieces. Now he has 329 pieces left. How many did he have to begin with?
520
Use a strategy of your choice to solve:
2,677 + 4,783
7,460
Use a strategy of your choice to solve:
4,126 - 2,139
1,987
Gray wants to buy a bag of chips that cost $1.45 and a drink that costs $1.69. If he pays with a $5 bill, how much change will he get?
$1.86
Using digits 1-9, make a sum smaller than 450. You can only use each digit once.
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