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For the school bake sale Paige made pastries . She baked 36 cupcakes and 9 cookies . After the sale she had 4 to take back home . How many pastries did she sell ?
36 + 9 - 4 = 41 #### 41
In fourth grade there were 4 students at the start of the year . During the year 3 students left and 42 new students came to school . How many students were in fourth grade at the end ?
4 + 42 - 3 = 43 #### 43
It rained 0.2 inches on Saturday and 0.4 inches on Sunday . How much did it rain on Saturday and Sunday combined ?
0.2 + 0.4 = 0.6 #### 0.6
Ellen went to a garage sale to buy chairs . Each chair cost 15 dollars . How much money did Ellen spend for the 12 chairs she bought ?
15 * 12 = 180 #### 180
Sally had 27 cards . Dan gave her 41 new cards . Sally bought 20 cards . How many cards does Sally have now ?
27 + 41 + 20 = 88 #### 88
A company invited 45 people to a luncheon , but 35 of them did n't show up . If the tables they had held 2 people each , how many tables do they need ?
( 45 - 35 ) / 2 = 5 #### 5
Will was working as a sacker at a grocery store where he made 8 dollars an hour . On Monday he worked 8 hours and on Tuesday he worked 2 hours . How much money did Will make in those two days ?
8 * ( 8 + 2 ) = 80 #### 80
Tessa has 4 apples . Anita gave her 5 more . She needs 10 apples to make a pie . Does she have enough to make a pie ?
4 + 5 = 9 #### 9
Justin needs 61 paper plates for a birthday party . He already has 26 blue plates and 7 red plates . How many more plates should Justin buy ?
61 - ( 26 + 7 ) = 28 #### 28
When Jake had 1 cat , he needed to serve 0.5 can of cat food each day . Now that Jake has adopted a second cat , he needs to serve a total of 0.9 can each day . How much extra food is needed to feed the second cat ?
0.9 - 0.5 = 0.4 #### 0.4
Robin has 27 packages of gum . There are 18 pieces in each package . How many pieces of gum does Robin have ?
27 * 18 = 486 #### 486
There are 22 walnut trees currently in the park . Park workers will plant walnut trees today . When the workers are finished there will be 55 walnut trees in the park . How many walnut trees did the workers plant today ?
55 - 22 = 33 #### 33
Sara got fast food for lunch . Sara spent $ 5.36 on a hotdog and $ 5.1 on a salad . What was the total of the lunch bill ?
5.36 + 5.1 = 10.46 #### 10.46
Robin had 30 songs on her mp3 player . If she deleted 8 old songs from it and then added 10 new songs , how many songs does she have on her mp3 player ?
30 + 10 - 8 = 32 #### 32
Shirley starts with 98 eggs . She buys 8 more . How many eggs does Shirley end with ?
98 + 8 = 106 #### 106
There are 33 oak trees currently in the park . Park workers had to cut down 18 oak trees that were damaged . How many oak trees will be in the park when the workers are finished ?
33 - 18 = 15 #### 15
Gavin has 23 shirts . 6 are blue the rest are green . How many green shirts does Gavin have ?
23 - 6 = 17 #### 17
Oscar 's bus ride to school is 0.75 mile and Charlie 's bus ride is 0.25 mile . How much longer is Oscar 's bus ride than Charlie 's ?
0.75 - 0.25 = 0.5 #### 0.5
At the beach , Miki and her sister both built sandcastles and then measured their heights . Miki 's sandcastle was 0.83 foot tall and her sister 's was 0.5 foot tall . How much taller was Miki 's sandcastle than her sister 's ?
0.83 - 0.5 = 0.33 #### 0.33
Scott has 56 oranges that must be put away in boxes . Terry comes to help and brings 11 cookies to share with Scott . If there are 8 boxes , how many oranges must go in each box ?
56 / 8 = 7 #### 7
Mike has 96 muffins , which he needs to box up into dozens . How many boxes does he need ?
96 / 12.0 = 8 #### 8
Donald has 4 oranges . He finds another 5 . How many oranges does Donald have in all ?
4 + 5 = 9 #### 9
Heather went to the county fair last weekend . When she got there , she had to walk 0.33 mile from the car to the entrance . Then she walked 0.33 mile to the carnival rides and 0.08 mile from the carnival rides back to the car . How many miles did Heather walk in all ?
0.33 + 0.33 + 0.08 = 0.75 #### 0.75
Oliver is at the library helping put away books . There are 46 book to put away total but a librarian takes 10 of them and leaves Oliver with the rest . If he can fit 4 books on a shelf , how many shelves will he need ?
( 46 - 10 ) / 4 = 9 #### 9
Jason has 7 violet balloons and 4 red balloons . He lost 3 of the violet balloons . How many violet balloons does Jason have now ?
7 - 3 = 4 #### 4
Roger earned 9 dollars for each lawn he mowed . If he had 14 lawns to mow , but forgot to mow 8 of them , how much money did he actually earn ?
9 * ( 14 - 8 ) = 54 #### 54
Gwen earned 8 points for each bag of cans she recycled . If she had 4 bags , but did n't recycle 2 of them , how many points would she have earned ?
8 * ( 4 - 2 ) = 16 #### 16
Soft drinks are on sale at the grocery store for 2.99 dollars for a 12 pack . How much would each can of soft drink cost if purchased individually , in dollars ?
2.99 / 12 = 0.25 #### 0.25
Rachel removes 47 bottle caps from a jar . There were originally 87 bottle caps in the jar . How many bottle caps are left in the jar ?
87 - 47 = 40 #### 40
22 boys went down the slide . 13 more boys went down the slide . How many boys went down the slide ?
22 + 13 = 35 #### 35
Wayne collects 9 blocks . Wayne 's father gives Wayne 6 more . How many blocks does Wayne have ?
9 + 6 = 15 #### 15
Michael has some fish in his fish tank . Ben gave him 18 more fish . Now he has 49 . How many fish did he have to begin with ?
49 - 18 = 31 #### 31
John weighs 81 pounds . Roy weighs 4 pounds . How much heavier is John than Roy ?
81 - 4 = 77 #### 77
Mrs. Hilt ate 5 apples every hour . How many apples had she eaten at the end of 3 hours ?
5 * 3 = 15 #### 15
A waiter at ' The Greasy Spoon ' restaurant had 29 customers to wait on . During the lunch rush he added another 20 customers . If 34 of the customers did n't leave him a tip , how many customers did leave a tip ?
29 + 20 - 34 = 15 #### 15
There are 4 marbles . 7 marbles more are added . How many are there total ?
4 + 7 = 11 #### 11
A home purchased for 300000 dollars depreciated 8 % over a 1-year period . What was the value of the home after at the end of the year , in dollars ?
300000 - 300000 * 8 * 0.01 = 276000 #### 276000
Lewis saved checking on the grapevines for his last stop . He was told by one of the pickers that they fill 324 drums of grapes per day . How many drums of grapes would be filled in 9 days ?
324 * 9 = 2916 #### 2916
For dessert , Jane ’ s mom prepared 12 pieces of bite - size cinnamon swirls . If the 3 of them ate an equal number of pieces of cinnamon swirls , how many pieces did Jane eat ?
12 / 3 = 4 #### 4
Michelle has 2 crayons . Janet has 2 crayons . If Janet gives all of her crayons to Michelle , how many crayons will Michelle have ?
2 + 2 = 4 #### 4
Mrs. Sheridan has 22 fish . Her sister gave her 47 more fish . How many fish does she have now ?
22 + 47 = 69 #### 69
Andrew starts with 8 eggs . He buys 62 more . How many eggs does Andrew end with ?
8 + 62 = 70 #### 70
During a visit to an orchard , Charlie picked 0.17 bag of Golden Delicious apples , 0.17 bag of Macintosh apples , and 0.33 bag of Cortland apples . How many bags of fruit did Charlie pick in total ?
0.17 + 0.17 + 0.33 = 0.67 #### 0.67
A lawyer bills her clients 200 dollars per hour of service . If a client 's case requires 39 hours to complete , use proportion to calculate how much the client will owe the lawyer in dollars .
200 * 39 = 7800 #### 7800
Carol and her mom were picking carrots from their garden . Carol picked 29 and her mother picked 16 . If only 38 of the carrots were good , how many bad carrots did they have ?
29 + 16 - 38 = 7 #### 7
For Halloween Katie and her sister combined the candy they received . Katie had 8 pieces of candy while her sister had 23 . If they ate 8 pieces the first night , how many pieces do they have left ?
8 + 23 - 8 = 23 #### 23
A pet store had 18 puppies . In one day they sold 3 of them and put the rest into cages with 5 in each cage . How many cages did they use ?
( 18 - 3 ) / 5 = 3 #### 3
There are 22 oranges in a box . Paula takes 7 oranges . How many are left ?
22 - 7 = 15 #### 15
At a restaurant each adult meal costs $ 2 and kids eat free . If a group of 15 people came in and 9 were kids , how much would it cost for the group to eat ?
2 * ( 15 - 9 ) = 12 #### 12
When relatives visit Haley and her family , she and her cousins do origami . If she has 48 origami papers to give away to her 6 cousins , how many will each receive if she gives everyone the same number of origami papers ?
48 / 6 = 8 #### 8
Roger had 29 dollars . For his birthday he got 20 more dollars but spent 34 on a new game . How much money does he have now ?
29 + 20 - 34 = 15 #### 15
Sam got 9 pennies for washing clothes , and 7 quarters for mowing lawns . How much money does Sam have ?
9 * 0.01 + 7 * 0.25 = 1.84 #### 1.84
Jason picked 46 pears , Keith picked 47 pears , and Mike picked 12 pears from the pear tree . How many pears were picked in total ?
46 + 47 + 12 = 105 #### 105
Each chocolate bar in a box cost $ 4 . If a box had 11 bars total and Vanessa sold all but 7 bars , how much money would she have made ?
4 * ( 11 - 7 ) = 16 #### 16
Lucy went to the grocery store . She bought 12 packs of cookies and 16 packs of noodles . How many packs of groceries did she buy in all ?
12 + 16 = 28 #### 28
Sean has 55 blocks . 29 are eaten by a hippopotamus . How many blocks will Sean have ?
55 - 29 = 26 #### 26
There are 43 pencils in the drawer and 19 pencils on the desk . Dan placed 16 pencils on the desk . How many pencils are now there in total ?
43 + 19 + 16 = 78 #### 78
Cody bought 7 boxes of chocolate candy and 3 boxes of caramel candy . If each box has 8 pieces inside it , how much candy did he have total ?
8 * ( 7 + 3 ) = 80 #### 80
There were 14 kids on the soccer field . 22 kids decided to join in . Now how many kids are on the soccer field ?
14 + 22 = 36 #### 36
David has 8 bananas . He gets 50 more from Christopher . Later , David buys 9 cards at the store . How many bananas does David have in all ?
8 + 50 = 58 #### 58
Bianca 's team won their dodgeball game and scored 75 points total . If Bianca scored 45 of the points and everyone else scored 6 points each , how many players were on her team ?
( 75 - 45 ) / 6 = 5 #### 5
At lunch a waiter had 10 customers and 5 of them did n't leave a tip . If he got $ 3 each from the ones who did tip , how much money did he earn ?
3 * ( 10 - 5 ) = 15 #### 15
Fred grew 38 cantelopes . Tim grew 44 cantelopes . How many cantelopes did they grow in total ?
38 + 44 = 82 #### 82
Mrs. Hilt bought a yoyo for 24 cents and a whistle for 14 cents . How much did she spend in all for the two toys ?
24 + 14 = 38 #### 38
Tom has 9 yellow balloons . Sara has 8 yellow balloons . How many yellow balloons do they have in total ?
9 + 8 = 17 #### 17
Tiffany was playing a video game and had 43 lives . In a hard part of the game she lost 14 lives . If she got 27 more lives in the next level , how many lives would she have ?
43 + 27 - 14 = 56 #### 56
Sam went to 14 football games this year . He went to 29 games last year . How many football games did Sam go to in all ?
14 + 29 = 43 #### 43
There were 5 friends playing a video game online when 2 more players joined the game . If each player had 8 lives , how many lives did they have total ?
8 * ( 5 + 2 ) = 56 #### 56
Elise had $ 8 . Then she saved $ 13 from her allowance and spent $ 2 on a comic book and $ 18 on a puzzle . How much money does Elise have left ?
8 + 13 - ( 2 + 18 ) = 1 #### 1
James rode 80 miles at 16 miles per hour . How long did James ride ?
80 / 16 = 5 #### 5
Joan joined her school 's band . She bought a trumpet for $ 149.16 , a music tool for $ 9.98 , and a song book which was $ 4.14 . Joan found $ 8.65 in her pocket . How much did Joan spend at the music store ?
149.16 + 9.98 + 4.14 = 163.28 #### 163.28
Keith spent $ 136.01 on speakers , $ 139.38 on a CD player , and $ 112.46 on new tires . He wanted 3 CD 's for $ 6.16 , but did n't buy them . In total , how much did he spend ?
136.01 + 139.38 + 112.46 = 387.85 #### 387.85
Arthur removes 4 pencils from a jar . There were originally 87 pencils in the jar . How many pencils are left in the jar ?
87 - 4 = 83 #### 83
Alyssa went to 11 soccer games this year , but missed 12 . She went to 13 games last year and plans to go to 15 games next year . How many soccer games will Alyssa go to in all ?
11 + 13 + 15 = 39 #### 39
I walk 1 mile every 15 minutes . I walked 3 miles . How many minutes did it take me ?
15 * 3 = 45 #### 45
While shopping for music online , Faye bought 2 country albums and 3 pop albums . Each album came with a lyric sheet and had 6 songs . How many songs did Faye buy total ?
6 * ( 2 + 3 ) = 30 #### 30
There are 86 blocks . 9 blocks more are added . How many are there total ?
86 + 9 = 95 #### 95
The school cafeteria ordered 37 red apples and 45 green apples for students lunches . But , if only 51 students wanted fruit , how many extra did the cafeteria end up with ?
37 + 45 - 51 = 31 #### 31
The school cafeteria had 17 apples . If they used 2 to make lunch for the students and then bought 23 more , how many apples would they have ?
17 + 23 - 2 = 38 #### 38
Stanley ran 0.4 mile and walked 0.2 mile . How much farther did Stanley run than walk ?
0.4 - 0.2 = 0.2 #### 0.2
There are 4 children in the classroom , each student will get 2 pencils . How many pencils will the teacher have to give out ?
4 * 2 = 8 #### 8
The school is planning a field trip . There are 180 students and 60 seats on each school bus . How many buses are needed to take the trip ?
180 / 60 = 3 #### 3
The school cafeteria had 12 apples . If they used 8 to make lunch for the students and then bought 19 more , how many apples would they have ?
12 + 19 - 8 = 23 #### 23
The distance measured on a map varies directly with the actual distance . If 1 cm represents 25 kilometers , how many kilometers are represented by 7 cm ?
25 * 7 = 175 #### 175
Nancy , Melanie , Mary , and Alyssa each bought 540 baseball cards , which come in packs of 20 . How many packs of baseball cards do they have in all ?
4.0 * 540 / 20 = 108 #### 108
Chloe was unboxing some of her old winter clothes . She found 4 boxes of clothing and inside each box there were 2 scarves and 6 mittens . How many pieces of winter clothing did Chloe have total ?
4 * ( 2 + 6 ) = 32 #### 32
How many yards of material from a 24 yard length of cloth remains after 3 pieces each 3.5 yards long and 5 pieces each 2.25 long are removed ?
24 - 3 * 3.5 - 5 * 2.25 = 2.25 #### 2.25
A recipe calls for 0.67 cup of diced green pepper . Give the number of cups of diced green pepper that should be used to make 0.5 of this recipe .
0.67 * 0.5 = 0.33 #### 0.33
For Halloween Robin scored 23 pieces of candy . She ate 7 pieces the first night and then her sister gave her 21 more pieces . How many pieces of candy does Robin have now ?
23 + 21 - 7 = 37 #### 37
58 children are taking a bus to the zoo . They sit 2 children in every seat . How many seats will the children need in all ?
58 / 2 = 29 #### 29
There are 3 short trees and 6 tall trees currently in the park . Park workers will plant 9 short trees today . How many short trees will the park have when the workers are finished ?
3 + 9 = 12 #### 12
Steven wants to split a collection of cards into groups of 6 . Steven has 30 cards . How many groups will be created ?
30 / 6 = 5 #### 5
Wendy was playing a video game where she scores 5 points for each treasure she finds . If she found 4 treasures on the first level and 3 on the second , what would her score be ?
5 * ( 4 + 3 ) = 35 #### 35
Tanner saved $ 17 in September . He saved $ 48 in October and $ 25 in November . Then Tanner spent $ 49 on a video game . How much money does Tanner have left ?
17 + 48 + 25 - 49 = 41 #### 41
Mrs. Hilt went to a concert . A total of 65899 people attended the concert . The next week , she went to a second concert , which had 119 more people in attendance . How many people were at the second concert ?
65899 + 119 = 66018 #### 66018
Mike has 87 baseball cards . Sam bought 13 of Mike 's baseball cards . How many baseball cards does Mike have now ?
87 - 13 = 74 #### 74
Steve has 46 oranges . He shares 4 with Patrick . How many oranges will Steve have ?
46 - 4 = 42 #### 42
Haley and her friends were recycling paper for their class . For every 3 pounds they recycled they earned one point . If Haley recycled 11 pounds and her friends recycled 16 pounds , how many points did they earn ?
( 11 + 16 ) / 3 = 9 #### 9
Adam has $ 5 to buy an airplane that costs $ 4.28 . How much change will he get ?
5 - 4.28 = 0.72 #### 0.72
While on vacation , Nancy took 49 pictures at the zoo and 8 at the museum . If she later deleted 38 of the pictures , how many pictures from her vacation did she still have ?
49 + 8 - 38 = 19 #### 19