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100

Jack has 5,092 crayons. Ann has 3,971 crayons.  How many more crayons does Jack have than Ann?

5,092 - 3,971 = more crayons

jack has 1,121 more crayons than Ann

100

Round 1204.364 to the nearest tenth

1204.4

100

34.5 + 3.5

38

100

34.2 - 33.1 = 

1.1

100

30 x 40 = 

1200

200

Carly wants a soccer ball that costs $26.06 and a goal that costs $78.61. How much will Carly spend?

26.06 + 78.61 = spend 

$104.67 Carly will spend

200

Round 45.435 to the nearest hundredth

45.44

200

6,511 + 74.54 = 

6,585.54

200

45.21 - 46.21 = 

1

200

3600 / 6 = 

600

300

Sarah’s class is setting up chairs for a school event. 

They arranged 143 rows of chairs with 12 chairs in each row.

How many chairs do they set up in total?

143 x 12 = total chairs

1,716 chairs needed to set up

300

Write this number in expanded notation - 

3,245.604

(3x1000) + (2x100) + (4x10) + (5x1) + (6 x .1) + (4 x .001)

300

22.302 + 145.62 = 

167.922

300

502.04 - 321.09 = 

180.95

300

21 x 58 = 

1218

400

A sports store is having a 6-day clearance sale. The goal is to sell 700 baseball caps. About how many caps do they need to sell each day to reach their goal?

700/6 = caps need to sell each day

116.66, which is about 117 caps

400

Compare these numbers ( <, >, or = )

54.63              5.632

6,235              6,235.0

54.63 > 5.632

6,235 = 6,235.0

400

56,345 + 0.235

56,345.235
400

798.34 - 934.2 = 

135.86

400

345 x 21 = 

7,245

500

John wants to buy 4 shirts and 5 belts. The shirts cost $16.89 each, and the belts cost $8.97 each. Jack gave the cashier $120.41, how much does he have left?

16.89 x 4 = shirts

8.97 x 5 = belts

Total spent  = shirts + belts = 67.56 + 44.85 = 112.41

120.41 - 112.41 = $8.00 left

500

Write this number in standard form:

(5x10,000) + (4 x 100) + (3 x 10) + (5 x .001)

50,430.005

500

1234.56 + 6543.21

7,777.77

500

700 - 598.2 = 

101.80

500

495/11 = 

45