
A hiker is 158 feet up a mountain, then descends 10 feet. How high is he now?
148

Mike has $15.50 and spent $9.50 on lunch. How much does he have left?
$6

When Ella woke up, the temperature in Oxnard was 55°. By noon, the temperature rose to 72°. What was the temperature change?
17°

Two cars are drag racing. The blue car hits 68mph and the red car hits 80 mph. How much faster is the red car?
12mph
Jeff started working on homework at 7:30pm. He stopped at 8:00. How long did he work for?
30 minutes
A scuba diver is 10 feet under the water, then dives down 10 more feet to look for fish. What is her depth now?
-20
(20 feet below the surface)

Sam has $125 in his bank account and is saving up for a bike that is $315. How much more money does he need?
$190
At lunchtime, the temperature was 84°, but by dinnertime, the temperature was 59°. How much did it drop by?
25°

A small private jet is flying at 210 mph. A large passenger airliner is traveling at 300 mph. How much faster is the airliner?
90mph
Jason's soccer practice started at 6:15 and ended at 7:00. How long was the practice?
45 minutes

A gopher was digging 8 inches below the ground. To avoid a root, it dug 3 inches lower. What is the gopher's position relative to the ground?
-11 inches

Julia had $525 in her savings account but her car broke down. The repair costs will be $600. How much in debt will she be after she fixes her car?
$75

Death Valley holds the record for hottest day ever recorded, which was 134°. The coldest it ever got in Death Valley was 15°. What is the difference between the high and low temperatures?
119°

Janet and Leo are racing. Leo is running 6mph. Janet is 1.5 times faster than Leo. How fast is Janet?
9mph
Brenda leaves for work at 7:40 every morning. It takes her 35 minutes to get to work. What time does she arrive to work?
8:15
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A roller coaster's highest point is 312 feet above the ground, while its lowest point is 15 feet above the ground. What is the difference between the highest and lowest points?
297 feet
Gloria is paying off her student loans. She has already paid $5,500 and has $3,500 more to pay. How much were her student loans to start?
$9,000

On Friday, the daily high temperature in Paso Robles was 96° and the low was 49°. What was the difference between the high and low temperature?
47°

Juan needs to get three homework assignments completed. He only has 45 minutes. How much time can he spend on each assignment?
15 minutes
Bonnie was sick and fell asleep at 7:30pm. Her alarm woke her up at 6:45am. How long did she sleep for?
11 hours and 15 minutes
A hang glider is standing on the edge of a cliff that is 175.5 feet above the ocean. He jumps off and catches a gust of wind that pushes him higher to an elevation of 213 feet. How much did he ascend?
37.5 feet

Mark owed $225. He got a summer job and started saving money. At the end of summer, he was able to pay off his debt and had $650 in his savings account. How much did he make over the summer?
$875

The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6° in Antarctica. The coldest ever recorded in the United States was -80° in Alaska. How much warmer was the U.S. temperature compared to the Antarctic temperature?
48.6°

Raul is delivering newspapers on his bike. It takes him 5 minutes to deliver to 10 houses. How long will it take him to deliver to 50 houses?
25 minutes
Sam went on vacation. His flight left LAX at 6:25am and he landed in Portland at 8:15am. How long was the flight?
1 hour and 50 minutes