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What operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction

What math operation do these words help you solve?

• addition

• subtraction

Mina brought 48 cupcakes for a bakesale. She sold 15 this morning. How many cupcakes remain?

What operation will get you to the correct answer?

• addition (+)

• subtraction (-)

• multiplication (x)

• 1
• 3/6
• 1/2
• 2

• 13/15
• 1 7/12
• 1
• 9/15

Joan and Mindy collect sea shells. Joan's bucket of shells weighed two and two-thirds pounds, and Mindy's bucket was three and one-fourth pounds. How much more does Mindy's bucket weigh than Joan's?

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Two numbers have a sum of eight and one-fifth. One of the numbers is three and three-fourths. What is the other number?

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Famer John plowed two and one-fifth acres in the morning, and three and three-eights acres in the afternoon. How many acres did he plow that day?

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