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1. Andrew had two bottles of marbles. There were 200 more
marbles in Bottle A than in Bottle B. Andrew took 250 marbles
from Bottle A and put them into Bottle B. How many more
marbles were there in Bottle B than Bottle A in the end?
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Amy and Bob had some sweets at first. After Amy gave
94 sweets to Bob, they had an equal number of sweets.
How many more sweets did Amy have than Bob at first?
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Lisa, they had the same number of chocolates. How many
chocolates did Lisa have at first?
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Lisa had ______ chocolates at first.
4. Mary has 10 fewer ice-cream sticks than Ben. Ben has 7
fewer ice-cream sticks than Jane. Jane has 8 fewer ice-cream
sticks than Alex. Alex has 45-ice-cream sticks. How many
ice-cream sticks do the girls have altogether?
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The girls have _______ ice-cream sticks altogether.
5 * Bob and Peter have 50 toy soldiers altogether. Bob has 34
; more toy soldiers than Peter. How many toy soldiers does
Peter have?y There are 189 fish in Pond A and 207 fish in Pond B. How
many fish must be transferred from Pond B to Pond A so that
both ponds will have the same number of fish?
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7. There were 5 times as many terrapins as parrots in a pet
shop. After the pet shop sold 4 parrots, there were 3 parrots
left. How many terrapins were there in the pet shop?
There were terrapins in the pet shop.
Tom has a total of 22 red, blue and green flags. He has 3
more blue than red flags. He has 5 fewer green than blue
flags. How many blue flags does he have?: iN
9. A fruit seller had some peaches at first. He threw away
12 rotten peaches and bought another 96 peaches. He then
had 145 peaches. How many peaches did he have at first?
He had ________ peaches at first.
40. 24 more boys than girls took part in a talent show. The number
of boys were 4 times the number of girls. How many children
took part in the talent show altogether?Aa Belinda had 96 bells. After she buys 35 more bells, she had
the same number of bells as Fiona. How many bells do both
girls have altogether now? mi
Both girls have ______ bells altogether now.
12. There was an equal number of jelly beans in two bowls, A ‘and
B. Marc ate 18 jelly beans from Bowl A. He bought another
40 jelly beans and put them into Bow! B. If there are 90 jelly
beans in both bowls now, how many jelly beans were there
in Bowl A at first?
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There were _______—_ jelly beans in Bowl A at first.
13. Isabella had 46 fewer lollipops than George. After Isabella
gave half of her lollipops to George, George had 70 lollipops.
How many lollipops did Isabella have at first?(a) Object _ is the heaviest.
(b) Object ______ is the lightest.
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The mass of Box Al gemma?9. The total mass of Jim, Tom, Andy and Bob is 220 kg. Tom is
22 kg heavier than Bob. Jim and Bob have the same mass.
The total mass of Tom and Andy is 20 kg more than the total
mass of Jim and Bob. Find the mass of each boy.
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10. The mass of Box P was 3 times the mass of Box Q. After
Jim placed 10 kg of apples into each box, the total mass of
both boxes became 32 kg. Find the mass of Box Q at first.
Box P Box Q
ae mass of Box Q alefirst Wasi <-sie.ie kg.11. The total mass of 2 bags of rice and 8 bags of flour is
38 kg. The total mass of 2 bags of rice and 3 bags of flour
is 23 kg. Find the mass of 1 bag of flour.
The mass of 1 bag of flour is _____ kg.
12. Jack bought twice as many bags of onions as tomatoes. The
mass of each bag of onions was 5 kg and the mass of each
bag of tomatoes was 4 kg. If the total mass of all the bags
of onions and tomatoes was 28 kg, how many bags of onions
and how many bags of tomatoes did he buy?
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