Mystery 1
Mrs. Cole sold 257 meals on Monday at her restaurant. She sold 506 meals on Tuesday in her restaurant. What is the difference in the number of meals that Mrs. Cole sold between these two days?
249 meals
On Monday the students at Afflerbach ordered 235 lunches from the cafeteria. On Tuesday the students ordered 302 lunches from the cafeteria. On Wednesday the students ordered 201 lunches from the cafeteria. How many lunches were ordered in all from the cafeteria?
537 lunches
Mrs. Bennett started reading a new book on Monday, and she read 23 pages. On Tuesday she read 46 pages. On Wednesday she read 13 pages, and on Thursday she read 52 pages. How many pages total has Mrs. Bennett read?
134 pages
Mrs. Merz baked 50 cookies for her students to each have 1 cookie as a treat. Only 29 of Mrs. Bennett's students came to school that day. How many cookies does Mrs. Bennett have left?
21 cookies
The school is having a book sale in the library. On Monday they sold 73 books, on Tuesday they sold 52 books, and on Wednesday they sold 81 books. How many books has the library sold this week?
206 books
Jasmine started with $57 in her bank account. On Monday she added $48, and on Friday she added another $53. How much money does Jasmine have in her bank account altogether?
$158.00
Princess Sandi makes wreaths. On Monday Sandi sold 6 wreaths, on Tuesday she sold 13, on Wednesday she sold 9, on Thursday she sold 10, and on Friday Sandi sold 11 wreaths. How many wreaths total did Princess Sandi sell this week?
49 wreaths
Mr. Malone bought 4 bags of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters. The first bag had 118 pieces of candy, the second bag had 220 pieces of candy, the third bag had 108 pieces of candy, and the fourth bag had 112 pieces of candy. How many total pieces of candy did Mr. Malone buy?
558 pieces of candy
The Animal Shelter had 51 dogs for adoption. On Friday they had 17 dogs adopted. How many more dogs do they have left for adoption?
34 dogs
The Spirit of Halloween store is selling Halloween masks. They have a total of 328 masks and sell 292 masks after the first week of the sale. How many more masks does Spirit of Halloween have left to sell?
36 masks
Emily is having a bake sale. During the morning, she sold 25 cupcakes and, in the afternoon, she sold 38 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did Emily sell at her bake sale in all?
63 cupcakes
The Temple Wildcats play a football game on Friday and are selling tickets. On Monday they sold 42 tickets, on Wednesday they sold 38, and on Thursday they sold 147. How many tickets did they sell altogether?
227 tickets
Mr. Bennett bought 14 cans of food for their kitten. On the first week the kitten ate 6 cans of food, and on the second week she ate 7 cans of food. How many cans of food did the kitten eat total?
13 cans
Walmart is selling pumpkins for fall and has 153 pumpkins for sale. After a week of selling pumpkins, they have 18 left. How many pumpkins did Walmart sell this week?
135 pumpkins
Gracie is a black Labrador and loves it when her owner takes her on a walk. On Monday she walked 4 miles, on Wednesday she walked 2 miles, and on Friday she walked 6 miles. How many miles did Gracie walk altogether for the week?
12 miles
Moe is saving up for the new Xbox. He has $257 dollars saved, but the Xbox costs $500 dollars. How many more dollars does he need to save in order to purchase the new Xbox?
$243 more dollars.
Afflerbach is having a bake sale to raise money for new playground equipment. They sold 92 chocolate chip cookies, 78 oatmeal raisin, 97 peanut butter, and 102 chocolate cookies. How many cookies did they sell altogether?
They sold 369 cookies.
Starbucks sells muffins for breakfast, and as an afternoon snack. On Monday they sold 72 muffins, on Tuesday they sold 54 muffins, and on Wednesday they sold 68 muffins. How many muffins did they sell altogether?
194 muffins
Small Cakes is selling cupcakes for Halloween parties. They made 200 cupcakes to sell and have sold 178 so far. How many more cupcakes does Small Cakes have left to sell?
22 cupcakes
Mrs. Bennett went grocery shopping and saw packages of pumpkin cookie dough. Each package makes 24 cookies, and Mrs. Bennett purchased 3 packages. How many cookies altogether can Mrs. Bennett bake?
72 cookies
Wednesday's mom bought her two bags of cat toys. The first bag has 17 toys, and the second bag has 36 toys. How many cat toys does Wednesday have in all?
53 cat toys.
The Animal Shelter currently has 21 cats, and 14 dogs for adoption. How many pets total do they currently have for adoption?
35 pets
Mrs. Bennett bought 38 flowers to plant, and after two weeks 21 of the flowers have died. How many flowers does Mrs. Bennett have left?
17 flowers
The new PlayStation 5 is coming out, and they only made 1,000 to be pre-ordered. So far, they have had 828 pre-orders. How many more pre-orders do they have left?
172 pre-orders
I purchased some Transformers action figures. I got an Optimus Prime for $36, a Bumblebee for $30, and a Megatron for $32. How much money in all, did I spend on Transformers?
$98