Subtraction with borrowing

The first puzzle involved two giant trees. To open the path, he needs to find the height difference between the two trees. If the first tree is 465 feet high and the second is 399 feet, what is the height difference?

• 65 feet

• 66 feet

• 67 feet

• 56 feet

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

The path opened to a beautiful garden enclosed by a 600 foot wall. The exit door will open when the number of white flowers is the same as the number of red flowers. If there are 555 white flowers and 347 red flowers, how many more red flowers are needed?

• 208 additional white flowers are needed.

• 208 additional red flowers are needed.

• No additional flowers needed.

• There are 207 red flowers.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The exit door leads to a river 487 inches across; if the bridge he needs to cross is only 295 inches, how much longer does he need to build if he wants to cross the river using the bridge?

• He needs to build 92 inches more.

• He can fly over the bridge.

• He needs to build 190 inches more.

• He needs to build 192 inches more.

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Across the river, he fell into a hole 24 feet deep. To get out, he needs to fill it with 823 gallons of water. If the hole initially has 676 gallons, how much more water does he need to fill it?

• He needs to fill it with 137 more gallons.

• He needs to fill it with 145 more gallons.

• He needs to fill it with 1499 more gallons.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

At the edge of the forest, an anthill is blocking his way out. In order to pass through, Simon needs to help the ants gather food. If the ants need 911 grains of food and they already have 762, how many more grains are needed to be gathered?

• They need 149 more grains.

• They need 194 more grains.

• They need 48 more grains.

• They need 149 more ants.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

After visiting France, Rachel’s sister Bella, requested that they see Buckingham Palace in London. If they travelled 451 miles by land and 150 miles by sea across the English Channel and it took then 23 hours, what is the total distance that they travelled?

• They traveled for 23 hours.

• They traveled for 150 miles by sea.

• They traveled 601 miles together.

• They traveled 451 miles by land.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8