Marie removes 60 Skittles from a jar. There were originally 69 Skittles in the jar. How many Skittles are left in the jar?
69 - 60 = 9
Juan removes 50 crayons from a jar. There were originally 84 crayons in the jar. How many crayons are left in the jar?
84 - 50 = 34
Tim used 21 golf balls in his last round of golf. There are three balls in each box. How many boxes of golf balls did he use?
21 / 3 = 7
Christine weighs 28 pounds. Wanda weighs 5 pounds, How much heavier is Christine than Wanda?
28 - 5 = 23
Holly has 5 dolls, 3 legos and 6 board games. How many toys does she have in all?
5 + 3 + 6 = 14
Vera owns 17 pairs of socks. How many socks does she have in all?
17 x 2 = 34
Eric owns 12 pairs of sunglasses. Alan owns 3 times more than Eric. How many pairs of sunglasses does Alan own?
12 x 3 = 36
Mark had 100 popcycles. He gave the boyscouts 20 popcycles and he shared 15 more popcycles with his family. How many does he have left?
100 - 20 = 80 and 80 - 15 = 65
There are 94 cards in a box. Kimberly takes out 40 cards. How many are left?
94 - 40 = 54
Jerry has 3 dozen golf balls. How many golf balls does he have?
12 x 3 = 36
James and Maria each have a bag of marbles. James has 229 marbles. Maria has 555 marbles. How many more marbles does Maria have than James?
555 - 229 = 326
An octopus has 8 legs. James counted 12 of them in the tank. How many legs are in the tank?
8 x 12 = 96
Alice weighs 89 pounds. Brian weighs 75 pounds. How much heavier is Alice than Brian?
89 - 75 = 14
The Buffalo Wildcats played the New York Bulldogs in a football game. The Wildcats scored 42 points. The Bulldogs scored 18 points. How many more points did the Wildcats score than the Bulldogs?
42 - 18 = 24
Sally runs 4 miles a day. How many miles will she run in one week?
4 x 7 = 28
Kristine and her friends are raising money for charity. They hope to raise $900 to reach their goal. So far they have $680. How much more do they need to collect in order to reach their goal?
$900 - $680 = $220
Betty read 122 pages on Monday, 111 pages on Tuesday and 319 pages on Wednesday. How many pages did she read in all?
122 + 111 + 319 = 552
30 children lined up to jump rope. 8 children joined them. 4 children left to get a drink of water. How many children were left in the line?
30 + 8 = 38 and 38 - 4 = 34
Harry is reading a chapter book that has 432 pages. He has already read 116 pages. How many pages does he have left to read?
433 - 116 = 317
Pookie's Pet Store had 60 tropical fish. Each tank holds 12 fish. How many tanks of fish do they have?
60 / 12 = 5
Dad caught 22 fish in the morning. He threw 5 back because they were too small. He caught 12 more in the afternoon. How many fish did dad have then?
22 - 5 = 17 and 17 + 12 = 29
Sam has a total of 72 apples. Each box has a half dozen apples in it. How many boxes did he buy?
72 / 6 = 12
At the park I saw 37 animals. I saw 12 dogs, 15 squirrels and some frogs. How many frogs did I see?
37 - 12 = 25 and 25 - 15 = 10
There were 46 balls on the playground. 10 were soccer balls and 15 were basketballs. The rest were tennis balls. How many were tennis balls?
46 - 10 = 36 and 36 - 15 = 21
Pete's Pets had 20 Ragdoll cats and 16 Siamese cats. They sold 17 cats during their sale. How many cats do they have left?
20 + 16 = 36 and 36 - 17 = 19