3-DIGIT ADDITION/SUBTRACTION REAL WORLD PROBLEMS
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Five hundred thirty two people were at Lowry Park Zoo on Monday morning. Some more people came in the afternoon. At the end of the day, there were 828 people at Lowry Park Zoo. How many people came in the afternoon to the Zoo?
Florida’s severe weather data often gives information about lightning strikes. Brevard County in Florida has an average of 288 lightning strikes in the month of March. The number of lightning strikes increases as the weather becomes warm. In the month of May the average number of lightning strikes is 838. What is the increase from March to May?
Pensacola, Florida often has the highest annual rainfall in the state with 163 centimeters each year. Mobile, Alabama usually has the highest annual rainfall in the Southeast. Together Pensacola and Mobile have 331 centimeters of average rainfall. What is the average annual rainfall for Mobile?
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Many Florida cities announce their average rainfall in the local newspapers. The average rainfall in Tampa is recorded in centimeters. The city of Miami has an average of 146 centimeters of rain each year. Together Tampa and Miami have an average of 281 centimeters of rain each year. What is the average rainfall for Tampa in centimeters?
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At Tampa Rays Elementary there are 924 students in the school. All of the second grade students went on a field trip. If there are 795 students not on the field trip, how many students are in second grade?
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Strawberries are picked and placed in flats. After buying 1 flat of strawberries, I used 438 strawberries to make three pies. I counted and discovered I had 454 strawberries to use later. How many strawberries were in the flat to begin with?
There are lots of pennies in Sam’s piggy bank. He stacked 346 pennies up to make a tower. His friend, Ravi, came over to play. Ravi used the rest of the pennies to make his tower. Ravi stacked up 457 pennies to make a taller tower. How many pennies were in the piggy bank to start with?
Mrs. Crawford’s class was working on a science investigation. The class wanted to know how many kernels of popcorn would pop from a particular brand. Mrs. Crawford gave a group a bag of popcorn to count how many kernels popped. Shelley counted 411 popped kernels. Jack counted what was left. He counted 386 popped kernels. What was the total number of kernels popped in the bag Mrs. Crawford gave them?
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Five hundred ninety-three yellow daisies and 177 white daisies are in Mrs. Bowen’s garden. How many daisies are in Mrs. Bowen’s garden?
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Seven hundred seventeen people rode Cheetah Hunt on Friday. 328 people rode in the afternoon and the rest rode in the morning. How many people rode in the morning?
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Grandma has two hundred twenty-two roses. How many can she put in her red vase and how many in her blue vase?
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Michael has three hundred twenty-seven Spongebob stickers. Javen has four hundred fifty-eight Spongebob stickers. How many more Spongebob stickers does Javen have than Michael?
(“How many fewer?” version):
Michael has three hundred twenty-seven Spongebob stickers. Javen has four hundred fifty-eight Spongebob stickers. How many fewer Spongebob stickers does Michael have than Javen?
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Angelina has 267 more Skittles than Gabby. Gabby has five hundred seventy-four Skittles. How many Skittles does Angelina have?
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Gabby has two hundred sixty-seven fewer Skittles than Angelina. Gabby has 574 Skittles. How many Skittles does Angelina have?
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On an oak tree there are two hundred eighty-two more black ants than red ants. There are six hundred black ants. How many red ants are on the oak tree?
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On an oak tree there are 282 fewer red ants than black ants. There are six hundred black ants. How many red ants are on the oak tree?