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Gage went shopping and bought 19 cupcakes, 18 apple pies, and 47 glazed donuts. How many items did he buy altogether?
19+18+47= 84, 84 items
A shelter is taking care of 384 cats. 176 more arrive. How many cats are in the shelter now?
384+176=560, 560 cats
Smith Elementary School has 292 boys and 248 girls. How many more boys than girls are there?
292-248=44, 44 more boys
Ashley rides her bike to school every day. The ride from her house to her school takes 21 minutes. If she has already been biking for 17 minutes, how much longer does she have to ride before she arrives at school?
21-17=4, 4 more minutes
Jason baked 93 cookies to sell at the school bake sale. He plans to take home whatever cookies he doesn’t sell. If he sold 77 cookies, how many cookies will he take home?
93-77=16, 16 cookies
A school collects money for T-shirts. Third graders collected $327. Fourth graders collected 138 fewer dollars. How much money did fourth graders collect?
327-138= 189, $189
Hayden has 610 stickers. There are 250 in a white box and some in a yellow box. How many are in the yellow box?
610-250=360, 360 stickers in the yellow box
A box of chocolates has 10 rows. There are 6 pieces of chocolate in each row. How many pieces of chocolate are in the box?
10x6=60, 60 pieces of chocolate
Emerson is in charge of collecting the basketballs at the end of gym class. There are 6 bins, and 7 basketballs can fit in each bin. How many basketballs are there if each bin is full?
6x7=42, 42 basketballs
Luz had two pages of homework. Each page had five problems on it. How many total problems did she have to complete?
2x5=10, 10 problems
Gabby has 42 books on her bookshelf. Her dad gives her 29 more for her birthday. How many books does Gabby have now?
42+29=71, 71 books
There were 823 people attending a soccer game after 37 people left. How many people were at the game before the people left?
823+37=860, 860 people
