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100

Caidyn had saved up $325 dollars. If he received another $200 dollars for his allowance over the summer, how much money would he have?

325+200=d

$525

100

A trivia team had 19 members total. If each member scored 16 points, how many points were scored total?

19 x 16 = p

304 points

100

A worksheet had 17 problems on it. If Mrs. Herring had 97 worksheets to grade, how many problems will she grade?

17 x 97 = p

1,649 problems

100

At the carnival Adam bought 120 tickets. He rode 5 rides and used 50 tickets. How many tickets did he have left?

120 - 50 = t

70 tickets

100

McKenzie had 1,456 flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making center pieces for the tables with eight flowers in each one. How many center pieces can she make?

1,456 / 8 = n

182 center pieces

200

A toy store had 382 stuffed bears in stock when they got another shipment with 10 bears in it. Then 59 bears were sold. How many bears does the toy store still have in stock?

(382+10)-59=b

333 bears

200

Ned was trying to expand his game collection. He bought one-hundred fifty games from a friend and bought twenty-seven more at a garage sale. If seventy of the games didn't work, how many good games did he end up with?

(150+27) - 70 = g

107 good games

200

A pet store had 90 Siamese cats and 45 house cats. During a sale they sold 56 cats. How many cats do they have left?

(90+45)-56=c

79 cats

200

Jocelyn bought two coloring books. One had 224 pictures and the other had 439. After one week, she had already colored 24 of the pictures. How many pictures does she still have to color?

(224+439) - 24 = p

639 pictures

200

Alex bought 167 tickets at the state fair. If each ride cost five tickets, how many rides could he go on?

167 / 5 = r

33 rides

300

While playing a trivia game, Antonio answered 16 questions correct in the first half and 40 questions correct in the second half. If each question was worth 23 points, what was his final score?

(16+40)x23= p

1288 points 

300

There were fourteen friends playing a video game online when five more players joined the game. If each player had fourteen lives, how many lives did they have total?

(14+5)x14=n 

266 lives

300

At the Colleyville town carnival Mrs. Redwine rode the Ferris wheel seventeen times, the Hurricane 16 times and the bumper cars three times. If each ride cost twelve tickets, how many tickets did she use?

(17+16+3) x 12 = t

432 tickets

300

Mike had 34 video games but eight of them weren't working. If he wanted to sell the working games for $9 each, how much money could he earn?

(34-8) x 9 = d

$234

300

Mrs. Lehman baked 9 trays of 12 cookies. Then, she split the cookies up between her 7 neighbors. How many cookies did each neighbor get? 

(9x12) / 7 = c

15 cookies. She can keep the remainders for herself, eat them, give them away, etc. 

400

Brandon had 75 new cards and 242 old cards to put in his binder. Brandon was organizing his baseball cards in a binder with five on each page. How many pages would he use? 

(75+242) / 5 = p

64 pages (you need another page to hold the remaining cards)

400

Zoe and her friends were recycling paper for their class. For every eight pounds they recycled they earned 25 points. If Zoe recycled 72, how many points did she earn?

(72/8)x25=p

225 points

400

Michael sorted his 837 small rocks from his rock collection into 9 containers. Then, he took one of those containers and divided it up between his 3 best friends. How many rocks did each of his best friends get? 

(837/9) / 3 = r 

31 rocks

400

The cafeteria had 251 apples. For lunch they handed out 47 to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes six apples, how many pies could they make?

(251-47) / 6 = p

34 pies

400

Eddie was selling his old games. He started out with two-thousand sixty-eight but sold forty-four of them. He packed the rest up putting eight games into each box. How many boxes did he have to use?

(2,068-44) / 8 = b

253 boxes

500

For Halloween Prisella and her sister combined the candy they received. Prisella had 89 pieces of candy while her sister had 60. If they each ate eight pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?

(89+60) - (2x8) = p

133 pieces of candy

500

Tyler was collecting cans for recycling. On Saturday, he filled up five bags and on Sunday he filled eight more bags. Each bag on Saturday had 389 cans inside and the bags on Saturday were filled with 289 cans each. How many cans did he pick up in all?

(5 x 389) + (8 x 289) = c
4,257 cans

500

Mrs. L made goodie bags for her preschool classes. The 3 year olds got 12 pieces of candy in their goodie bags. She has 24 students in her 3 year old class. For her class of twenty two 4 year olds, she put 14 pieces of candy in each of their goodie bags. How many pieces of candy did Mrs. L use total? 

(12x24) + (22x14) = c 

596 candies

500

Mya was starting her jewelry making business. She had 47 containers of beads. Each container had 24 beads in them. She decided to reorganize her beads into 8 larger containers instead. How many beads did she have in each container now? 

(47x24) / 8 = b

141 beads 

500

Melanie was an artist who loved to draw. On Monday, she made 37 drawings. On Tuesday, she made twice that amount of drawings. Then, on Wednesday, when she got to school, she split ALL of her drawings up between her 4 friends so they each got the same amount. How many drawings did each friend recieve? 

(37 + (37 x 2)) / 4 = d 


27 drawings each (she should keep the remaining drawings for herself or give them to someone else)