Money Matters
Emma buys a sandwich for $7.45 and a drink for $3.85. She uses a coupon for $2.00 off. What is the total cost?
$9.30
A farmer picked 68 apples. He gave 21 to neighbors and 15 to family. How many are left?
32 apples
Hour 1 → 212 visitors arrived. Hour 2 → 398 arrived, 86 left. Hour 3 → 525 arrived, 243 left. How many visitors after 3 hours?
806 visitors
Estimate: 853 + 279 (round to nearest ten).
1,130
Noah has 152 toy cars and 137 trucks. He has 45 more toys than Ava. Write an equation to find Ava’s toys (a).
a = 152 + 137 – 45
Carlos used two ropes: one was 5.3 m long, the other 8.75 m. What is the total length of rope?
14.05 m
On Saturday, 72,415 fans went to a game. That was 18,750 more than Friday. How many went on Friday?
53,665 fans
A bakery had 480 cookies. They sold 225 on Monday. On Tuesday, they baked more. Now there are 390. Which equation shows the number baked Tuesday, c?
135 cookies baked
1,426 – 589 (round to nearest hundred).
800
A store has 720 pencils. 348 are yellow, 197 are green. The rest are blue. Write an equation to find the number of blue pencils (b).
b = 720 – 348 – 197
A soccer ball costs $22.95. Pads cost $14.25 each. If Mia buys the ball and 2 pads, what’s the total?
$51.45
A bakery made 560 muffins. After the day, 128 were unsold. How many sold?
432 muffins sold
A concert: Hour 1 → 325 students arrived. Hour 2 → 456 arrived, 112 left. Hour 3 → 312 arrived, 145 left. How many after Hour 3?
836 students
647 + 528 (round to nearest hundred).
1,100
A bus carried 1,032 passengers. 415 were adults, 328 were kids. The rest were seniors. Write an equation for seniors (s).
s = 1,032 – 415 – 328
Two shirts cost $18.75 each and a jacket costs $46.90. What’s the total?
$84.40
A library checked out 276 books on Monday. On Tuesday, 54 more were checked out than Monday. How many in total?
606 total books
Rachel used 72 red beads, 48 blue, and 39 green. Then she found 25 more. How many beads total?
184 beads
2,385 – 1,173 (round to nearest hundred).
1,200
A garden has 540 flowers. 216 are roses, 184 are tulips. The rest are daisies. Write an equation for daisies (d).
d = 540 – 216 – 184
A family orders 2 pizzas for $13.95 each and 3 sodas for $2.50 each. What’s the total bill?
$35.40
A farmer harvested 1,042 oranges. He sold 386 and gave away 259. How many remain?
397 oranges
Mrs. Lewis bought 520 pencils. 345 were yellow, 88 were red. The rest were blue. Which equation shows the number of blue pencils, b?
87 blue pencils
A school has 386 kids in 4th grade, 492 in 5th, 421 in 6th. About how many students total?
1,300 students
A factory made 2,450 toys. 1,125 were sold and the rest stayed at the factory. What would a strip diagram look like for this problem?
2,450 on top. 1,125 below as one part with another part blank.