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Tommy went to 53 baseball games this year. He went to 19 games last year. How many baseball games did Tommy go to altogether?
72
(53+19)
Doug began his baseball card collection when his dad gave him 16 cards. Doug won 26 cards during the game. He then bought 41 cards at the Sport Court. How many baseball cards are in Doug's collection now?
83
(16 +26 +41)
Dana brought 50 cupcakes to school. She gave 38 cupcakes to another class. How many cupcakes did she have left?
Subtract (12)
Memorial Elementary School is having a school play. 5 students from each of the 10 classrooms will be chosen to be in the play. How many students will be in the school play altogether?
50
(5x10)
Kayla has 82 cents in her pocket. She wants to buy 5 pencils at the school supply store. Each pencil costs 15 cents. How much money will Kayla have left?
7 cents
(1. pencil cost 15x .05=.75 and 2: .82-.75=.07)
Holly solved 44 problems during the math contest. Monica solved 14 more problems than Holly. How many math problems did Monica solve?
58
(44+14)
Nancy built 20 block towers. Miguel made twice as many towers as Nancy. How many towers did they make altogether?
60
(1. 20x2=40 and 2. 40+20=60)
Justin had 28 books. He bought 12 more books at a book fair. How many books did Justin have then?
Add (40)
Emma likes to do math problems as quickly as she can. She can do 13 multiplication problems in one minute. How many multiplication problems can Emma do in 8 minutes?
104
(13x8)
The Girl Scouts are having their annual cookie sale. Molly sells 4 boxes of cookies each day. After 6 days, Molly still had 13 boxes of cookies left to sell. How many boxes of cookies did Molly have at first?
37
(Cookies sold= 4x6=24 and cookies sold + cookies left= 24+13=37)
Nicky had 64 Magic Marvin Stickers. He gave 19 of them to his younger brother. How many stickers did Nicky have left?
45
(64-19)
Ben, Megan, and Zoey collect comics. Ben has 23 comics. Megan has 40 more comics than Ben. Zoey has 21 fewer comic than Megan. How many comics does Zoey have?
42
(1. Megan= 23+40= 63 and 2. Zoey=63-21= 42)
Noah and Miguel counted their candy. Noah had 22 pieces of candy. Miguel had twice as many pieces as Noah. How many pieces of candy did Miguel have?
Multiply (44)
Mason is reading an exciting detective book. The book has 99 pages. Mason reads 11 pages each day. How many days will it take Mason to finish the book?
9
(99 divided by 11)
Three friends emptied their piggy banks. Chris counted 8 nickels. Robert counted 7 times as many nickels as Chris. Zoey counted 10 times as many nickels as Robert. How many nickels did Zoey have?
560
(Robert= 7x8= 56 and Zoey= 56x10= 560)
Greta can do 55 sit-ups in one minute. Dylan can only do 34 sit-ups in one minute. How many fewer sit-ups can Dylan do?
21
(55-34)
Sam had 89 cents in his pocket. He spent 37 cents at the candy store. Later, he spent 30 cents at the art store. How much money did Sam have then?
22 cents
(1. .89-.37= .52 and 2. .52-.30=.22)
Ashley has a book of 99 puzzles to solve. She can solve 3 puzzles each day. How many days will the puzzle book last?
division (33 days)
Skylar is training for a bicycle tour. She can bike 8 miles in one hour. How many hours will it take Skylar to finish the bike tour that is 48 miles long?
6
(48 divided by 8)
Craig has 28 baseball cards. If he gets 18 more cards, he will have exactly half as many baseball cards as his friend Juan. How many does Juan have?
92
(1. 28+18=46 and 2: 46 x 2=96)
Greg had 54 pennies in his bank. His dad gave him some more pennies. Now Greg has 92 pennies in his bank. How many pennies did Greg get from his Dad?
38
(92-54)
Anna made 38 posters for the school fair. Tyler made 15 more posters than Anna. They placed 14 posters around the neighborhood. How many posters were left?
77
(1. Tyler: 38+15=53 and 2. Together: 53+38=91 and 3. 91-14=77)
There are a total of 32 cookies on two plates in my kitchen. How many cookies are on each plate?
Divide (16)
My cub scout troop went to Adventure Land last weekend. We paid a total of $182 for admission tickets. Each ticket cost $13. How may cub scouts went to Adventure Land?
14
($182 divided by $13)
Taylor has 8 stickers. Dianna has 3 times as many stickers. Kendra has a dozen more than Dianna. How many stickers does Kendra have?
36
(Dianna: 8x3= 24 Kendra: 24 +12=36)