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How many years ago?
52

Mrs. Brown is 20+32. How old is she?

52

52

Mrs. Brown has 52 blue and white candles on her cake. 48 of them are blue. How many are white?

4

52

Mrs. Brown's husband gave her a dozen roses for her birthday. How many roses is that?

12

52

The party will start and 6:15 and end at 9:45. How long is the party?

3 hours and 30 minutes

52

Mrs. Brown turned 52 today. She came to Mary Wright when she was 42.

10 years ago

152

Mrs. Brown was born in 1972. How old was she in 1980?

8 years old

152

Mrs. Brown lit her candles at 6:10:20. She blew them out at 6:10:53. How long did her candles burn?

33 seconds

152

Mrs. Brown's son wrapped a present for her. He used 7 pieces of tape on the bottom and 18 pieces on the sides. How many pieces of tape did he use altogether?

25

152

If we cut the cake into 12 pieces and 6 pieces get eaten, what fraction of the cake is left?

6/12 or 1/2

152

Mrs. Brown turned 52 today. She had her first son when she was 28 and her second son when she was 31. 

24 years ago and 21 years ago

252

Mrs. Brown is 52. In what year did she turn 50?

2022

252

Mrs. Brown has 52 candles on her cake. If she blows out 39 of them, how many boyfriends does she have?

13

252

Mrs. Brown got three 1000-piece puzzles, one 500-piece puzzle, and two 300-piece puzzles. How many pieces in all?

4100

252

We are setting the birthday table for 8 people. Each person needs a knife, a fork, and a spoon. How many pieces of cutlery do we need?

24

252

Mrs. Brown turned 52 today. She got married when she was 24.

28 years ago

352

Mrs. Brown is 52. In what year will she turn 60?

2032

352

Mrs. Brown turned 52. If she has a package of 65 candles, how many extra candles does she have?

13 extra candles

352

Mrs. Brown opened her first gift at 8:00 this morning. She is going to open another gift this afternoon at 4:20. How much time is there between opening her gifts?

8 hours and 20 minutes

352

We put up a birthday banner that has a pattern of balloons and cakes. The patter core is balloon, balloon, cake. If the pattern repeats 12 times, how many balloons and how many cakes?

24 balloons, 12 cakes

352

Mrs. Brown turned 52 today. She graduated college when she was 20 years old.

32 years ago

452

Mrs. Brown is 52 today. In what year will she turn 100?

2072

452

Mrs. Brown has 52 candles. 31 are red, 15 are pink, and the rest are orange. How many orange candles does she have?

6

452

Six friends are coming tonight to celebrate Mrs. Brown's birthday. If they each bring 3 gifts, how many gifts will there be altogether?

18

452

We bought 52 balloons for Mrs. Brown's birthday. Each balloon costs 10 cents. How much did the balloons cost?

$5.20

452

Mrs. Brown turned 52 today. She got her driver's license when she was 16.

36 years ago