Rachel was playing a video game and had forty-two lives. In a hard part of the game she lost thirty-seven lives. If she got thirty-three more lives in the next level, how many lives would she have?

At the arcade, Sam won eleven tickets playing 'whack a mole' and three tickets playing 'skee ball'. If he spent six of his tickets on a hat, how many tickets does Sam have left?

Sarah had thirty coloring books. If she gave away thirteen of them, but then bought six more, how many would she have total?

Haley had thirty-eight songs on her mp3 player. If she deleted four old songs from it and then added thirty-six new songs, how many songs does she have on her mp3 player?

At the arcade Tom won eighteen tickets. If he spent fourteen tickets on a beanie and later won forty-seven more tickets, how many would he have?

Edward had forty-five dollars in January. By March he had spent three dollars. If he got another twenty-five dollars from his mom, how much money would he have?

Billy had twenty-seven dollars. For his birthday he got nineteen more dollars but spent thirty-one on a new game. How much money does he have now?

A waiter had twenty-four customers to wait on. If six customers left and he got another eight customers, how many customers would he have?

A store had thirty-five oranges in a bin. If they threw away thirty of the old ones and put sixteen new ones in the bin how many would be in the bin?

A waiter at 'The Greasy Spoon' restaurant had eleven customers to wait on. During the lunch rush he added another eighteen customers. If thirteen of the customers didn't leave him a tip, how many customers did leave a tip?

A bookstore had eight books in the bargain bin. If they sold four books, but then put twenty-two more in the bin, how many books would be in the bin?

For the school bake sale Olivia made twenty-two cupcakes. If she sold thirteen of them and then made thirty-eight more, how many cupcakes would she have?

For Halloween Maria scored seventeen pieces of candy. She ate sixteen pieces the first night and then her sister gave her twenty-one more pieces. How many pieces of candy does Maria have now?