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Question 1

C washed 8 more dishes than glasses. She washed 9 glasses. How many total things did she wash?

Accepted Answer

add 8 + 9, and then add 9

Question 2

B fed 5 red & 3 blue birds on Mon & 7 birds on Tue. How many more did he feed Mon than on Tue?

Accepted Answer

add 5 + 3 then subtract 7

Question 3

Elsa changes gloves 2 times before 12:00 and 3 after, every day. How many times in 2 weeks?

Accepted Answer

add 2 + 3 then multiply by 14

Question 4

Hercules defeats 6 red and 5 blue monsters per week. How many will he defeat in 9 weeks?

Accepted Answer

add 6 + 5 then multiply by 9

Question 5

SB slept for 90 min Mon, Tue & Wed. and 45 min on Thu & Fri. How many total min. did she sleep?

Accepted Answer

multiply 90 x 3, then 45 x 2 and add those products.

Question 6

Genie had 345 gold pieces.Then he got 584 more. He put them in 6 piles. How many are each pile?

Accepted Answer

add 345 + 584, then divide by 6

Question 7

Peter Pan flew for 1/2 hour this morning & 45 this afternoon. How many minutes did he fly?

Accepted Answer

change 1/2 hour to 30 minutes then add to 45 min

Question 8

Mulan has 15 arrows. 6 have red feathers & 5 have blue. The rest are green. How many are green?

Accepted Answer

add 6 + 5, then subtract the sum from 15

Question 9

P ran 3 miles to see John S, visited for 15 min, then she ran home. How many miles did she run?

Accepted Answer

add 3 + 3

Question 10

Rapunzel's hair was 873cm long. She trimmed off 24cm. Then it grew 94 cm. How long is it now?

Accepted Answer

subtract 873 - 24, then add 94

Question 11

Nemo saw 93 squid. 74 had blue tentacles, 9 had yellow, the rest had red. How many had red?

Accepted Answer

add 74 + 9, then subtract that sum from 93

Question 12

Jasmine feeds her tiger 3 cups, 4 times each day. How many cups does she feed him in 4 days?

Accepted Answer

multiply 3 x 4, then multiply that product x 4 days

Question 13

Ariel had 42 snarfblats. She lost 21 and then found 15. How many does she have now?

Accepted Answer

subtract then add

Question 14

Dory saw 8 fish Wed., 21 Thur & 43 last week. How many more did she see last wk than this wk?

Accepted Answer

add 8 + 21, then subtract that sum from 43

Question 15

Anna spent $4.31 and $2.48 at the store. She paid with a $20 . How much change did she get?

Accepted Answer

add $4.31 +$2.48, then subtract that sum from $20

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