Quick Maths Word Problems

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There are 475 boxes of cookies in the supermarket at first. After selling 297 boxes, how many boxes of cookies are left?

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114 birds were sitting in a tree. 21 more birds flew up to the tree. How many birds were there altogether in the tree?

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29 birds were sitting in a tree. Some more fly up to the tree. Then there were 142 birds in the tree. How many more flew up to the tree?

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Misha has 434 dollars. How many more dollars does she have to earn to have 547 dollars?

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There were 28 girls, 35 boys and 3 teachers on the playground at recess. How many children were there in all?

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There were 151 geese in the farmer’s field. 28 of the geese flew away. How many geese were left?

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There were 58 geese, 16 frogs, 7 snakes and 37 ducks in the marsh. How many birds were in the marsh?

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Paul had 42 strawberries in his basket. He picked 78 more strawberries. How many strawberries did he have then?

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Robin had 18 pieces of gum. Her brother gave her some more pieces. Now Robin has 44 pieces in all. How many pieces of gum did Robin's brother give her?

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There were 114 kids on the 3 soccer fields. 22 kids decided to join in. Now how many kids are on the soccer fields?

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