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100

49-17

32

100

429-115

314

100

Kinsley brought 132 goldfish crackers for snack time and gave 49 of them to Ella. How many goldfish crackers does she have left?

83 goldfish crackers

100

80-42

38

100

Parker walks for 15 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening. How many minutes did she walk in all?

35 minutes

200

245-124

121

200

5,678-2,444

3,234

200

The Kansas City Chiefs scored 14 points and the Denver Broncos scored 80 points. How many points did the Broncos beat the Chiefs by?

66 points

200

300-125

175

200

William ran 120 laps at the fun run and Sylvie ran 145. How many more laps did Sylvie run?

25 laps

300

956-108

848

300

4,505-642

3,863

300

Sunshine Foods had 2,255 cans of soup on Monday morning. On Friday night, they had 1,333 cans left. How many cans of soup did they sell?

922 cans of soup

300

5,000-871

4,129

300

Mr. McConnell has $1,454 in his bank account. Mr. Larson has $3,455 in his bank account. How much more money does Mr. Larson have than Mr. McConnell?

$2,001

400

8,752-1,561

7,191

400

2,411-1,654

757

400

Dylan picked 5,070 pumpkins from his pumpkin patch. When he sat out front of his house and sold them, he sold 2,292. How many pumpkins does Dylan have left?

2,778 pumpkins

400

4,008-1,459

2,549

400

Mr. Horst was counting jolly ranchers in his office. He had 423 jolly ranchers, but then Jade mastered all her math facts and he gave her 47 jolly ranchers. Then, he bought a new bag that had 158 jolly ranchers in it. How many jollies does he have now?

534 jolly ranchers

500

4,624-3,755

869

500

12,352-3,799

8,553

500

Big Sioux Rec had 13,209 visitors during the year. In the spring, they had 3,009 visitors. In the fall, they had 2,556 visitors. In the winter, they had 569 visitors. How many visitors did they have in the summer?

7,075 visitors.

500

8,040-56

7,984

500

Mrs. Sperlich had 5,004 books in her library, but the third grade students checked out 549 books. How many books are in the library now?

4,455 books