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Laura had a garage sale for three of her neighbors. They earned a total of $872. Neighbor #1 earned $127. Neighbor #2 earned $320. How much did Neighbor #3 earn?
$425
Katie’s plants grew a total of 24 inches. She had to pay $7 for the seeds, $6 for the mulch, and $2 for the pot. She sold the plants to her best friend for $12. How much more money did she spend on the plants than on selling the plants?
$3
While the kids were playing outside, mom warned them that they only had 45 minutes left before dinner. For 17 minutes, the kids jumped on the trampoline. Then, they spent 12 minutes rollerblading. They spent the rest of their time collecting bugs. How much time did they spend bug collecting?
16 minutes
Peyton swam 25 laps of the pool at her swim practice on Monday. On Tuesday, she swam 76 laps, and on Wednesday, she swam 12 more laps than she swam on Monday and Tuesday combined. How many laps did she swim on Wednesday?
113 laps
Gina let each of her three children pick out a toy at Target. Annie bought a doll for $12, Mandy bought a game for $16, and Noah bought an action figure for $8. Mom gave the cashier $45. How much change did she get back?
$9
Collin knew he would need to spend his time wisely on his book report. The book was 125 pages, and he had 64 pages left to read. He spent a total of 340 minutes on his book report. Of that time, only 200 of the minutes were when he reading the book—the rest of the time he was completing his report. How much time did he spend on the report alone (not including the reading)?
140 minutes
The bag of pretzels had 324 pretzels to begin. Mom put 12 in a bag on Monday for lunch, 25 in a bag on Tuesday, and she dropped the bag on Wednesday, shattering all the pretzels inside. How many shattered pretzels did she need to throw away?
287 pretzels
Brenda was 47 years old. She was born in Oklahoma and lived there for 12 years. Then, she moved to Colorado for 15 years. When she got married, she moved to Alabama and has lived there since then. How long has she lived in Alabama?
20 years
Lucy and Paige always combined their snacks. One day, they got fruit snacks, and Lucy had 24 fruit snacks and Paige had 47. They combined the fruit snacks together, and Lucy ate 32 of them. How many did Paige get to eat?
39 fruit snacks
At summer camp, there were kids of all ages. Raul was 12 years old, and Benny was 3 years older than Raul. Brandon was 2 years younger than Raul, and Paul, the camp counselor, was 12 years older than Brandon. How old was Paul?
22 years old