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A toy store had 382 stuffed bears in stock when they got another shipment with 10 bears in it. Summer put the bears onto shelves with 14 on each shelf. How many shelves did she use?
28 shelves
While playing a trivia game, Antonio answered 16 questions correct in the first half and 40 questions correct in the second half. If each question was worth 2 points, what was his final score?
96 points
A pet store had 90 Siamese cats and 45 house cats. During a sale they sold 56 cats. How many cats do they have left?
79 cats
At the carnival Adam bought 120 tickets. After riding the carnival rides he had 23 tickets left. If each ticket cost $1.50, how much money did Adam spend on tickets?
$180.00
McKenzie had 400 flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making centerpieces for the tables with 8 flowers in each one. Sadly, 16 of the flowers wilted before the wedding. How many flowers did she have left?
384 flowers
Zoe and her friends were recycling paper for their class. For every 8 pounds they recycled they earned 25 points. If Zoe recycled 73 pounds and her friends recycled 23 pounds, how many points did they earn?
300 points
At the town carnival Kim rode the Ferris wheel 17 times, the Hurricane 16 times and the bumper cars 3 times. If each ride cost 5 tickets, how many tickets did she use?
180 tickets
BONUS!
+ 200
A worksheet had 17 problems on it. If Mrs. Gibson had 97 worksheets to grade and had already graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?
1,513 problems
The cafeteria had 251 apples. For lunch they handed out 47 to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes 6 apples, how many pies could they make?
34 pies
Brandon was organizing his baseball cards in a binder with 5 on each page. If he had 73 new cards and 242 old cards to put in the binder, how many pages would he use?
63 pages
BONUS!
+ 300
For Halloween Prisella and her sister combined the candy they received. Prisella had 90 pieces of candy while her sister had half as many. If they each ate 8 pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?
119 pieces
A trivia team had 19 members total, but during a game 2 members didn't show up. If each member that did show up scored 16 points, how many points were scored total?
272 points
Alex bought 162 tickets at the state fair. He spent 22 tickets at the 'dunk a clown' booth and decided to use the rest on rides. If each ride cost 5 tickets, how many rides could he go on?
29 rides
Caidyn had saved up $325. If he received another $200 dollars for his allowance over the summer, how many $15 games could he buy?
35?
There were 14 friends playing a video game online when 5 more players joined the game. If each player had 14 lives, how many lives did they have total?
266 lives
Ned was trying to expand his game collection. He bought 150 games from a friend and bought 27 more at a garage sale. If 70 of the games didn't work, how many working games did he end up with?
107 games
PIRATE ATTACK!
- 400
Eddie works at a candy factory. She can make 690 chocolates in 30 minutes. How many chocolates can she make in 5 minutes?
115 chocolates
ALIEN ATTACK!
- 500
While shopping for music online, Hannah bought 16 country CD's and 2 pop CD's. Each CD had 11 songs. How many songs did Hannah buy total?
198 songs
Cody had $45.17. For his birthday he got $9.50 more but spent $19.99 on a new game. How much money does he have now?
$34.68
Nickolas earned $15 for each lawn he mowed. If he had 15 lawns to mow, but forgot to mow 2 of them, how much money did he actually earn?
$195.00
BONUS!
+ 500