"leopard" story problems

Math Cats
Story Problems:
Leopard #14

(1) Candy Canes There were 3 red, 1 green, and 4 yellow candy canes. Each candy cane had 8 stripes. How many stripes in all?		by Cody, age 10, grade 4 Manteno Elementary School Ms. Weddell's class Manteno, Illinois, U.S. December 16, 2002
(2) Evergreen Trees There was an evergreen tree farm. There were 72 trees to start with. 8 times more trees were brought in. Then 17 trees were bought. How many trees are left?		by Cody, age 10, grade 4 Manteno Elementary School Ms. Weddell's class Manteno, Illinois, U.S. December 16, 2002
(3) Math Trouble There are 900,000,000,000 cats in my neighborhood. If you take away ten, what do you get?		by Jaedah, age 9, grade 4 Madison Park School Mr. Johnson's class Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. December 18, 2002
(4) Two Tall Boys There are two boys, Chris and Mike. Mike is five feet tall. Chris is six feet and five inches. How much taller is Chris than Mike?		by Britney, age 9, grade 4 Annie Keller Gifted School Ms. Owens' class Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 19, 2002
(5) Christmas Lights Sara has 6 trees in her backyard. It taks 20 lights to cover half a tree. She wants to cover all but 2 trees. How many lights does she need?		by Abby, age 9, grade 3 Cedar Creek Elementary School Mrs. Lenhardt's class Austin, Texas, U.S. December 24, 2002
(6) Lots of Presents There were 21 presents for Isabelle, 68 presents for Bob, and 54 presents for Mom under the tree. If 143 presents were opened, how many weren't opened?		by Abby, age 9, grade 3 Cedar Creek Elementary School Mrs. Lenhardt's class Austin, Texas, U.S. December 24, 2002
(7) Christmas Amy had 68 presents and 32 more ornaments than presents. Her sister had 54 presents and 23 fewer ornaments than presents. How many Christmas things did they have???		by Abby, age 9, grade 3 Cedar Creek Elementary School Mrs. Lenhardt's class Austin, Texas, U.S. December 25, 2002
(8) Grade Average Kit got a 90%, 103% (she got extra credit), 78%, and a 10%. What is her grade average???		by Abby, age 9, grade 3 Cedar Creek Elementary School Mrs. Lenhardt's class Austin, Texas, U.S. December 25, 2002
(9) Time Riddle What is it that occurs once a second, once in a month, once in a century yet not all in a year or week?		submitted by Daryl Kate & Cedro St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy Richard R. Maestre's class Hulong duhat, Malabon, Philippines December 27, 2002
(10) Eat at Joe's There was a restaurant called Joe's. One night there were 31 couples. So they ate and 11 couples walked out. How many PEOPLE are left?		by Bethany, age 11, grade 5 Jenks West School Mrs. Skagg's class Jenks, Oklahoma, U.S. December 30, 2002