What is the total cost of a meal that includes a hamburger that costs $4.50 and a salad that costs $3.95?
$4.50 + $3.95 = $8.45
Josh ran 3.75 miles, and Anne ran 4.26 miles. How much farther did Anne run than Josh?
4.26 – 3.75 = 0.51
Deli ham costs $10.89 for a large pack and $7.99 for a small pack. How much more does the large pack cost than the small pack?
$10.89 – $7.99 = $2.90
Jimmy’s family spent $45.70 at a restaurant last night and $22.65 at a diner the next morning. How much money did they spend dining at both places combined?
$45.70 + $22.65 = $68.35
A music venue has three levels of seating. The top level has 3,436 seats, and the middle level has 4,165 seats. If the whole venue has 11,891 seats, how many seats are on the bottom level?
3,436 + 4,165 = 7,601
11,891 – 7,601 = 4,290
s = 4,290
The weight of a bag of popcorn is 0.38 pounds. If the popcorn weighs 0.3 of a pound, how much does the bag weigh alone?
0.38 – 0.3 = 0.08 of a pound
The distance to the park is 6.49 kilometers. What is the distance of a round trip to and from the park?
6.49 + 6.49 = 12.98 kilometers
A construction company shipped 12.6 tons of gravel and 10.75 tons of sand to a construction site. What is the combined weight of the gravel and sand?
12.6 + 10.75 = 23.35 tons
Rick pays for a $13.06 purchase with a 20-dollar bill. What is his exact change?
$20.00 – $13.06 = $6.94
A music venue sold $3,801 worth of hot dogs during the concert. If there are seven concession stands and each one sold an equal number of hot dogs, how much money did each concession stand make on hot dogs?
3,801 ÷ 7 = h
h = 543
The fruit stand had 14.2 kilograms of oranges and 25.4 kilograms of grapefruit for sale. What is the combined mass of the oranges and grapefruit?
14.2 + 25.4 = 39.6 kilograms
Morgan bought 3.5 pounds of tomatoes. When she got home, her neighbor gave her 2.25 pounds of tomatoes from his garden. How many pounds of tomatoes does Morgan have in all?
3.5 + 2.25 = 5.75 pounds
There were 15.2 ounces of sugar in a bag, but 3.25 ounces spilled on the counter. How many ounces were left in the bag?
15.2 – 3.25 = 11.95 ounces
Randy ate a snack platter containing a total of 203.6 calories. If the chips on the platter were 55.8 calories, how many calories were in the rest of his snack?
203.6 – 55.8 = 147.8 calories
The third- and fourth-grade students are going on a field trip to a museum! Four buses have been requested to take students to the museum. Each bus will be filled with 84 students. Unfortunately, there are 48 students absent on the day of the field trip. How many students will go on the field trip?
4 × 84 = s
s = 336
336 – 48 = 288
t = 288
Luca is making cookies and pie. The cookie recipe uses 2.5 cups of sugar. The pie recipe uses 1.75 cups of sugar. How many cups of sugar will he need for both recipes?
2.5 + 1.75 = 4.25 cups
Yolanda grew a 12.2 lb. watermelon. Albert grew a 10.87 lb. watermelon. How much heavier was Yolanda’s watermelon than Albert’s?
12.2 – 10.87 = 1.33 lb.
A carpenter needs a piece of wood 26.4 meters long. If the piece he has is 35 meters long, how many meters does he need to saw off?
35 – 26.4 = 8.6 meters
Julia downloaded two apps on her phone that totaled 20.27 KB. If one app was 7.88 KB, how much space did the other app take up?
20.27 – 7.88 = 12.39 KB
The museum has 3,132 ancient Egyptian artifacts. The artifacts are evenly divided into 9 different exhibits. On the day of the field trip, the museum added 143 new artifacts to one of the exhibits. How many ancient Egyptian artifacts are now in that exhibit?
3,312 ÷ 9 = a
a = 348
348 + 143 = 491
e = 491
Steven brought $9.25 to the beach, but he spent $4.75 at the arcade and $3.20 at the ice cream stand. How much money does he have left?
$4.75 + $3.20 = $7.95
$9.25 – $7.95 = $1.30
Jason was comparing the masses of objects in science class. A seashell had a mass of 0.95 grams, and a starfish had a mass of 2.25 grams. How much greater was the mass of the starfish than the mass of the seashell?
2.25 – 0.95 = 1.3 grams
A fish tank can hold 8.5 gallons of water. If the tank currently contains 6.35 gallons, how much more water is needed to fill the tank?
8.5 – 6.35 = 2.15 gallons
Caroline bought 18 pounds of meat for her barbecue. She bought chicken, burgers, and pork. If she purchased 9.5 pounds of chicken and 6.2 pounds of burgers, how many pounds of pork did she purchase?
9.5 + 6.2 = 15.7 pounds of chicken and burgers
18 – 15.7 = 2.3 pounds of pork
Oliver has 15 colored rocks. Mason has 12 more colored rocks than Oliver has. Wyatt has twice as many colored rocks as Mason. Which equation can be used to find m, the number of rocks that Wyatt has?
15 + 12 = 27
27 x 2 = m