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100

Find the difference between 1,521 and 1,238

283

100

Mrs. Westbrook had 4,010 ducks.  2,188 Students earned them as prizes.  How many ducks does she have now?  


6,198 ducks

100

Ava sold Girl Scout cookies at Publix and Emma sold cookies at Winn Dixie over the weekend.  How many boxes of cookies did the girls sell?  

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100

5,263+3,274

8,537

100

6,562-387

6,175

200

3,643-2,287

1,356

200

Andrew has 1,444 bear bucks.  His best friend Gage has 789 bear bucks.  How many fewer bear bucks does Gage have than Andrew?  

655 bear bucks

200

In Pennsylvania it snowed some inches on Sunday.  It snowed some more inches overnight.  How many inches did it snow?

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200

2,377 and 8,219

Find the sum

10,596

200

5,697-4,573

1,124

300

1,800-542

1,258

300

Mrs. Oberle's class read 2,196 minutes.  Ms. Franklin's class read 895 minutes.  What is the total number of minutes the classes have read? 

3,091 minutes

300

Mrs. Oberle's class brought in some canned goods to donate.  Mrs. Westbrook's class brought in some canned goods to donate.  How many more cans did Mrs. Westbrook's class bring in than Mrs. Oberle's class?  

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Subtract

300

3,657+852

4,509

300

3,856+4,591

8,447

400

Find the Difference

700-259

441

400

A new cupcake store needs to sell 9,010 cupcakes to reach their yearly goal.  So far, they have sold 7,543 cupcakes.  How many more cupcakes do they need to sell to reach their goal?  

1,467

400

Asher lost 128 of his Pokemon cards.  He had 1,062.  How many cards does he have in his collection now? 

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934 Pokemon cards

400

2,607+5,348

7,955

400

900-523

377

500

9,100-387

8,713

500

Leo has 4,320 baseball cards. He friend ,Corey, has 463 more cards than Leo has. How many baseball cards does Corey have? 

7,874 baseball cards

500

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored 21 points during the first half of their football game.  The final score was 34.  How many points did they score in the second half?  

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13 points

500

9,683+1,192

10,875

500

2001-998

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