Adding Whole Numbers & Decimals
In May 8,723 cans were recycled. In June 6,419 cans were recycled. What is the total number of cans recycled?
15,142 cans were recycled in all.
A library has 67,231 books. Last year, it only had 58,907 books. How many more books does the library have this year compared to last year?
The library has 8,324 more books.
Ms. Darius bought 2.39 pounds of ground beef and 2.12 pounds of turkey meat. How many pounds of meat did she buy in all?
Ms. Darius bought 4.51 pounds of meat.
387 hot dogs were sold on Friday. 529 hot dogs were sold on Saturday. 461 hot dogs were sold on Sunday. Rounding to the nearest hundred, what is a reasonable estimate of the total hot dogs sold?
About 1,400 hot dogs
To advertise for the school play, 219 flyers were printed on Monday, 183 flyers were printed on Tuesday, and 391 flyers were printed on Wednesday. How many flyers were printed in all?
793 flyers were printed in all.
Nigel had a box of 1,500 stickers. He sold 1,184 stickers for his school fundraiser. How many stickers are left?
Nigel has 316 stickers left.
Emilio's book has 428 pages. He has read 204 pages. How many pages does Emilio have left to read?
Emilio has 224 pages left to read.
What is the missing number?
16 + 45 = __ + 16
45
Toni spent $1.89 on a drink and $0.89 on chips. What was the total amount she spent?
Toni spent $1.89
Everett has started collecting cards. He would like to collect a total of 351 cards. So far, he has collected 169 cards. How many more cards does he need to complete his collection?
Everett needs 182 more cards to complete his collection.
Mount Steele in Alaska is 5,029 meters tall. Mount Whitney in California is 4,421 meters tall. How much taller than Mount Whitney is Mount Steele?
Mount Steele is 608 meters taller.
Mario has 70 minutes before school starts. It takes him 20 minutes to shower, 10 minutes to eat breakfast, and 15 minutes to walk to school. The rest of the time he will spend on studying. How much time will Mario spend studying?
25 minutes
Abby, Andy, and Ally collected books to donate. Abby collected 45 books, Andy collected 36 books, and Ally collected 39 books. How many books were collected in all?
120 books were collected in all.
Joey went to a grocery store with $6.00 and bought milk for $3.89 including tax. How much money did Joey have left after his purchase?
Joey had $2.11 left.
Last week 5,655 movie tickets were sold. This week 3,748 have been sold so far. How many more tickets need to be sold to reach the total from last week?
1,907 more tickets
Europeans arrived in Jamaica in 1494. Jamaica declared its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Write an equation that can be used to find the number of years, y, between the events.
1,962 - 1,494 = y
Debbie walked 3.21 miles on Monday and 2.78 miles on Tuesday. How many miles did Debbie walk in all?
Debbie walked 5.99 miles
A nickel has a mass of 5.0 grams. A dime has a mass of 2.27 grams. What is the difference in their masses?
2.73 grams
There are 1,492 students who attend a school. If 632 students are girls, how many boys attend this school?
860 boys
Marcus has read 168 pages of a book. He has 73 more pages to read to finish the book. How many pages are in the book?
There are 241 pages in the book.