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Ethan was in the swimming pool for 185 minutes on Friday. He spent 130 minutes in the pool on Saturday. How many more minutes was Ethan in the pool on Friday than Saturday?

55 minutes

There were 9 hermit crabs at The Tiki Hut Store. Each hermit crab has 8 legs. How many legs do the hermit crabs have altogether?

72 hermit crab legs

There are 32 people at a Hawaiian Luau. Eight people can sit at a table. How many tables need to be set up for the guests?

4 tables

River’s friends are having a bonfire on the beach. They have a bag of 120 regular marshmallows and a bag of 215 jumbo marshmallows. How many marshmallows do they have if they combine the two bags?

335 marshmallows

Julius went on a bike ride with some friends. Each bike had two wheels and there were 18 total wheels. How many kids are on the bike ride?

9 kids

Green sea turtles lay an average of 80 eggs at a time. About how many eggs would three sea turtles lay?

240 eggs

The Blue Lagoon Hotel set out 200 umbrellas on the beach for their guests. 168 of the umbrellas are being used. How many umbrellas are left for other guests?

32 umbrellas

Chris and Sara are competing in a surfing competition. Chris stood on the board for 128 seconds. Sara was able to stand for 141 seconds. How many more seconds did Sara stand on her board?

13 seconds

Laurel has 48 flowers to make leis. If she uses 12 flowers on each lei. How many leis can she make?

4 leis

Dustin and his 2 brothers each built a sandcastle. They put three flags on each sandcastle. How many flags did the brothers use?

9 flags

Sandy collected sand dollars. She has 141 in a box and 38 displayed in her room. How many sand dollars does Sandy have in her collection?

179 sand dollars

Adam and his dad are going on a boating trip. Adam’s trip is $89 and his dad’s trip is $112. What is the total cost of their trip?

$201

Seven friends went searching for seashells on the beach. They found 42 seashells. If they share them equally, how many shells will each friend get to keep?

6 shells

On Monday it was 91˚ at the beach. That night a cold front arrived. On Tuesday, it was 78˚. How much warmer was it on Monday than Tuesday?

13 degrees

Myra bought 4 packs of beach balls. Each pack had 5 beach balls. How many total beach balls did Myra buy?

20 beach balls

Eric filled his sand pail with 8 cups of sand. Donny’s sand pail held twice as much sand! How much sand was in Donny's sand pail?

16 cups

The Beach Shoppe has 278 pairs of men’s sunglasses, 315 pairs of women’s sunglasses, and 98 pairs of children’s sunglasses. How many pairs of sunglasses does The Beach Shoppe have to sell?

691 sunglasses

Kelly bought 3 new pairs of flip-flops. They each cost $4. How much money did Kelly spend on the flip-flops?

$12

Daisy counted 7 starfish on the beach. Each starfish has 5 legs. How many starfish legs did Daisy see on the beach?

35 legs

Ken is having a BBQ! He made 37 hot dogs and 26 hamburgers. How many hot dogs and hamburgers did Ken make altogether?

63 hot dogs and hamburgers

Mark needed 24 cans of soda for his pool party. The soda cans come in packs of 6. How many packs does Mark need to buy?

4 packs

Will is driving 412 miles to the beach. He stopped at a rest stop after driving 148 miles. How many miles does he have left to drive?

264 miles