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(1) How Much Did the Kid Spend?

In the store games cost 20 dollars each. The boy bought 2 games. How much did he spend?

by Eleazar, age 11, grade 6
S. E. Shull School
Ms. Novello and Mrs. Vaughan's class
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
November 22, 2002
(2) Add and Subtract

Jenny had five cats. Robert had four cats. Sheila had 10 cats and she gave Robert five. How many does Sheila have? How many does Robert have?

by Maria, age 9, grade 4
St. Brendan School
Mrs. Gonzalez's class
Westchester, Miami, Florida, U.S.
November 29, 2002
(3) The Cookie Bowl

In Johnny's cookie bowl there were 20 dozen cookies. His mom made them for his birthday party. How many is 20 dozen?

by Khristina, age 11, grade 6
homeschooled by Kim Swihart
West Jordan, Utah, U.S.
November 29, 2002
(4) Bike Ride

If Joshua rode 1,560 feet in one day, 25,677 feet in the second day, 56,789 feet in the third day, and 28,644 feet in the fourth day, what is the total number of the feet that he rode?

by Joshua, age 8, grade 3
Polk School
Mrs. Peeps' class
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
November 29, 2002
(5) Apples

Susie has 234 apples. She drops 145. She finds 94 more apples, finds 101 more, drops 234, finds 50 more, drops 16, finds 245, and drops 11. What is the total number of apples?

by Joshua, age 8, grade 3
Polk School
Mrs. Peeps' class
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
November 29, 2002
(6) Dogs

I had 23 dogs. They had 17 puppies each; how much puppies are there all together?

by Joshua, age 8, grade 3
Polk School
Mrs. Peeps' class
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
November 29, 2002
(7) Bionicle

I have 6 bionicles. Each one of them has 40 pieces. How many pieces are there altogether?

by Justin, age 7, grade 2
Faith Community Acaademy
Mrs. Persley's class
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
December 2, 2002
(8) Funny Bunnies

Five bunnies went to play at the nearby park. They came back after 50 minutes. Then they went to meet some bunny friends for 10 minutes, went to the carrot shop for 15 minutes, and stopped to get a carrot cake at the next door restauraunt for 5 minutes. How long were the bunnies out doing things that day?

by Lindsey, age 11, grade 5
Donovan Intermediate School
Mrs. Hanna's class
Lebanon, Ohio, U.S.
December 2, 2002
(9) Gym

If you have 23 people in your class and 14 balls, how many people will have to share?

by Lindsay, age 9, grade 4
Jean Little School
Mrs. Baker's class
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
December 3, 2002
(10) 100 People

If there are 100 people in my class, how many people would there be if only 1/5 of the class came?

by Connor, age 9, grade 4
Stalker Elementary School
Ms. Behernd's class
Blackfoot, Idaho, U.S.
December 4, 2002


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