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100

What is your teachers favorite color

pink

100

At a bookstore, there are 387 fiction books and 652 history books. How many more history books than fiction books are there?

265 more history books

100

Malika’s family travels 426 miles on Friday. On Saturday, they travel 78 miles more than they traveled on Friday. How many more miles did they travel in total?

Friday: 426 miles

Saturday: 426 + 78 = 504 miles

Total: 426 + 504 = 930 miles

100

At a bookstore, there are 58 history books and fiction books combined. There are 25 history books. How many more history books are there than fiction books?

History: 25

Fiction: 58 - 25 = 33

Difference: 33 - 25 = 8 books 

100

Nikki biked 315 miles in June. In July, she biked 27 fewer miles than she biked in June. How far did Nikki bike in June and July combined?

June: 315 miles

July: 315 - 27 = 288 miles

Total: 315 + 288 = 603 miles

200

What Country do we live in?

United States of America 

200

There are 514 adults and 301 children at a water park. What is the difference between the number of adults and the number of children?

213 more adults

200

Asha donated $354 to charities last year. This year, she donated $129 more than last year. How much did she donate in total over both years?

Last year: $354


This year: $354 + $129 = $483

Total: $354 + $483 = $837

200

A trucking company transports 200 tons of apples and oranges in total. The trucking company transports 47 tons of oranges. What is the difference between the amount of apples and oranges the trucking company transports?

Oranges: 47 tons

Apples: 200 - 47 = 153 tons

Difference: 153 - 47 = 106

200

At a bookstore, there are 387 fiction books. There are 59 fewer history books than history books. How many more history books and fiction books are there combined?

Fiction: 387 books

History: 387 - 59 = 328 books

Total: 387 + 328 = 715 books

300

What is Ms. Engdahls favorite food

sushi :)

300

Malika’s family travels 426 miles on Friday. On Saturday, they travel 278 miles. How many more miles did they travel on Friday than Saturday?

148 miles

300

Nikki biked 912 miles in June. In July, she biked 297 miles more than she biked in June. How far did Nikki bike in June and July combined?

June: 912 miles

July: 912 + 297 = 1,209 miles

Total: 912 + 1,209 = 2,121 miles

300

There are a total of 800 pieces of paper. There are 256 pieces of construction paper. How many fewer pieces of construction paper are there?

Construction paper: 256

Tissue paper: 800 - 256 = 544

Difference: 544 - 256 = 288 fewer pieces

300

Asha donated $1,478 to charities last year. This year, she donated $489 less than last year. How much did she donate in total last year and this year?

Last year: $1,478

This year: $1,478 - 489 = $989

Total: $1,478 + 989 = $2467

400

What gets wetter the more it dries

towel

400

There are 597 pieces of constructions paper and 632 pieces of tissue paper. How many fewer pieces of construction paper are there?

35 pieces

400

Malika’s family travels 1,415 miles on Friday. On Saturday, they travel 478 more miles than they traveled on Friday. How many miles did they travel on Friday than Saturday combined?

Friday: 1,415 miles

Saturday: 1,415 + 478 = 1,893 miles

Total: 1,415 + 1,893 =3,308 miles 

400

There are 2,671 total adults and children combined at a theme park. There are 592 adults. How many more children than adults are at the theme park?

Adults: 592

Children: 2,671 - 592 = 2,079

Difference: 2,079 - 592 = 1,487 more adults than children

400

Malika’s family traveled 1,002 miles on Friday. On Saturday, they travel 478 fewer miles than they traveled on Friday. How many miles did they travel on Friday than Saturday combined?

Friday: 1,002 miles

Saturday: 1,002 - 478 = 524 miles

Total: 1,002 + 524 = 1,526 miles

500

What is your teachers age multiplied by two?

48
500

The Poppy Popcorn Company sold 68,958 packages of popcorn last year. Korny Kettlecorn Company sold 75,003 packages of popcorn. How much more popcorn did Korny Kettlecorn Company sell?

6,045 more packages

500

The Poppy Popcorn Company sold 72,158 packages of popcorn last year. Korny Kettlecorn Company sold 3,123 more packages of popcorn. How much popcorn did the two companies sell combined?

Poppy Popcorn: 72,158 packages

Korny Kettlecorn: 72,158 + 3,123 = 75,281

Total: 72,158 + 75,281 = 147,439 packages

500

The Poppy Popcorn Company and Korny Kettlecorn Company sold a combined total of 68,958 packages of popcorn last year. Korny Kettlecorn Company sold 29,701 packages of popcorn. What is the difference in the amount of popcorn Korny Kettlecorn and Poppy Popcorn sold?

Korny Kettlecorn: 29,701

Poppy Popcorn: 68,958 - 29,701 = 39,257

Difference: 39,257 - 29,701 = 9,556

500

The Poppy Popcorn Company sold 78,958 packages of popcorn last year. Korny Kettlecorn Company sold 1,987 fewer packages of popcorn. How much more popcorn did both companies sell combined? 

Poppy Popcorn Company: 78,958 packages

Korny Kettlecorn Company: 78,958 - 1,987 = 76,971 packages

Total: 78,958 + 76,971 = 155,929