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There are 369 students
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There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School. There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School. How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?
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There are 369 students enrolled at Southside School. There are 448 students enrolled at Northside School. How many students are enrolled at Northside and Southside combined?
The combined number of students at Northside and Southside school is
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The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock. The store
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The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock. The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock. How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?
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The school store has 341 boxes of crayons in stock. The store also has 146 boxes of markers in stock. How many more boxes of crayons than boxes of markers are in the store?
There are
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Adam read
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Adam read two books last month. The first book had 243 pages. The second book had 195 pages. Tish read a book had 565 pages. How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?
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Adam read two books last month. The first book had 243 pages. The second book had 195 pages. Tish read a book had 565 pages. How many pages did Adam read in his 2 books?
Adam read
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Adam read two books last month. The first book had 243 pages. The second book had 195 pages. Tish read a book had 565 pages. How many more pages were in Tish’s book than the two books Adam read?
Tish read
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Mrs. Kern flew 742 miles in a small plane in two days. She flew 378 miles on the first day. How many miles did Mrs. Kern fly on the second day?
Mrs. Kern flew
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The Metro Zoo has two white tigers.
- The female tiger weighs 383 pounds.
- The male tiger is 96 pounds heavier than the female tiger.
What is the weight of the male tiger?
What is the combined weight of the two white tigers?
(think about what needs to be added)
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On Saturday, the Keenan family spent $384 for admission tickets to a theme park. They paid $197 for meals and bought souvenirs for $248. How much money did the Keenan family spend on Saturday?
What operation is used to solve this problem?
The Keenan family spent $
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Joshua, Carson, and Fransisco collect marbles. Joshua has 427 marbles. Carson has 165 more marbles than Joshua, and Fransisco has 279 fewer marbles than Carson.
How many marbles does Carson have?
Haw many marbles does Fransisco have?
How many marbles do the boys have altogether?
The chart shows the new books Mrs. Cortez ordered for the school library.
How many books were ordered in the fall?
How many books were ordered in the spring?
How many total books ordered were fiction?
How many total books ordered were non-fiction?
The chart below shows how many lunches the Gourmet Tray Cafeteria served in one week.
How many lunches were served on Tuesday and Wednesday combined?
How many more lunches were served on Tuesday and Wednesday combined than lunches served on Friday?
How many fewer lunches were served on the first day of the week than the last day of the week?
Mr Peña sells birds. In July, he had three types of birds for sale. The chart shows the numbers of each type of bird sold.
How many canaries and parakeets were sold?
How many parrots and parakeets were sold altogether?
How many more canaries were sold than parrots and parakeets combined?
At the campout, the Girls Scouts used colored beads to make necklaces. They used the beads listed.
- 656 red beads
- 725 purple beads
- 710 yellow beads
- 675 green beads
How many more purple beads than red beads did the girls use?
How many green and yellow beads combined did the girls use?
This table shows the number of pounds of cans collected by three third-grade classes.
How many more pounds did Ms. Chilton's class collect than Mr. Burns' class?
How many pounds of can were collected by all three classes?