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Craig has a twenty dollar bill. He buys six squirt guns
for $2 each. How much money did Craig have left?
$8
Maria invited 4 of her friends over for a water balloon fight. At the start of the game, Maria gave each of her friends 2 water balloons. She had one water balloon for herself. How many water balloons did they have altogether?
9 water balloons
Matthew and his brother Shawn played swimming-pool-basketball.
Each basket was worth 3 points. Matthew scored 9 points.
Shawn scored 6 points. What is the total number of baskets made
during this game?
5 baskets
Lauren and Gina's mother told them they can swim in the pool for 20 minutes. First, they swam laps for 7 minutes. Then they swam underwater for 1 minute. Then they played water polo for 8 minutes.How much longer can they stay in the pool?
4 minutes
Erin had 55 stuffed bears. She took out her favorite 7 bears and then equally divided the other bears among her 3 sisters. Erin's youngest sister, Su, already had 15 stuffed bears. How many bears does Su have now?
31 stuffed bears
The art club raised $248 through fundraisers. Then they spent $206 to set up an art show. They raised another $316 at the art show. How much money did the art club have after the show?
$358
Peter scored 15 goals during his second season as a forward. He scored 6 fewer goals during his first season. The whole team scored 4 times as many goals as Peter's total. How many goals did the team score during the two seasons?
96 goals
A group of 4 friends is playing cards. The deck has 70 cards. The dealer makes a pile of 15 cards, then she deals the remaining cards to each player one at time until they are gone. What is the greatest number of cards any player will have?
14 cards
At the zoo, Brooke learned that one of the rhinos weights 4,897 lbs, one of the giraffes weighs 2,667 lbs, one of the African elephants weighs 12,456 lbs, and one of the Komodo dragons weighs 123 lbs. What is their combined weight?
20,143 lbs.
There were 3,905 more hits on the school's website in January than February. February had 9,854 hits. How many hits did the school's website have during both months?
23,613 hits
On Sunday, 77,098 fans attended a New York Jets game. The same day, 3,397 more fans attended a New York Giants game than attended the NY Jets game. Altogether, how many fans attended the games?
157,593 fans
Zachary's final project took a semester to write and had 95,234 words. The first month he wrote 35,295 words and the second month he wrote 19,240 words. How many words did he write during the remainder of the semester?
40,699 words
During the first quarter of the year, 351,875 people downloaded an app for their phone. During the second quarter of the year, 101,949 fewer people downloaded the app. How many downloads occurred during the two quarters of the year?
601,801 downloads
A local store was having a two-week back to school sale. They started with 36,390 notebooks. During the first week they sold 7,424 notebooks. During the second week they sold 8,967 notebooks. How many notebooks were left after two weeks?
19,999 notebooks
A pair of jeans cost $80. A jean jacket costs twice as much. What is the total cost of a jean jacket and 4 pairs of jeans?
$534
Sara bought a shirt on sale for $35. The original price was 3 times that amount. Sara also bought a pair of shoes on sale for $28. The original price was 5 times that amount. Together, how much money did the shirt and shoes originally cost?
$245
