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(1) Eggs Mary has 50 eggs. She has to give 3 people the same number of eggs. How many eggs does each person get? |
by Katie, age 10, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(2) Candy Math There were 110 pieces of candy corn. Cara and Melissa want to share it equally. How many pieces of candy do Cara and Melissa get? |
by Avery, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Sappington's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(3) Bio Birds There were 220 Bio birds. Each one was carrying 10 packages. How many packages were there? |
by Connor, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(4) Pears There were 237 pears in a bowl. I ate 45. Then 78 were given to me. I ate 98. Then 1,087 where given to me. How many pears were left? |
by Conrad, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(5) School is Cool I had 45 pencils on the first day of school. The next day I lost 23. The next day I bought 60. The next day I lost 25. On day five, I bought 7 + 23 pencils. How many pencils do I have now? |
by Ali, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Ms. Cadden's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(6) Trading Cards I buy 5 packs of trading cards. 11 cards are in each pack. But I lose 13 cards, so I buy 10 more packs of cards. I lose 1 card from just one pack. How many do I have left? |
by Cedric, age 9, grade 4 TREAC Digital Academy Mrs. Stoner's class Shadeville, Ohio, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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(7) Too Many Cats! Kelly had 300 cats. Each had 6 whiskers. How many whiskers in all? |
by Suzi, age 8, grade 2 Spicewood Elementary School Ms. Bell's class Austin, Texas, U.S. October 27, 2002 |
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(8) Apples There were ten apples. Jen got three times that number. How many apples are there in all? |
by Margot, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Mr. Krieg's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 29, 2002 |
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(9) Tennis Balls I had 733 tennis balls. I lost 234 and I found 17 more. How many do I still have? |
by Jesse, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Mr. Krieg's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 29, 2002 |
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(10) Dogs I had 800 dogs. I lost 50. I found 10 in the pound. Then I lost 20. 500 more dogs ran away because I am really careless. How many dogs do I still have? |
by Vinny, age 9, grade 4 Kings Highway School Mr. Krieg's class Westport, Connecticut, U.S. October 25, 2002 |
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