Name:______

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Subtracting Across Zeros

You are a big movie producer and you just heard there maybe a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. Part of your job is deciding if you should produce the new film, based on how much profit was made in the previous films.

Zachary Gordon plays Greg in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie series. Look at the chart below to answer 1-3. Use any strategy to check your answer.

Use afterLesson 5.

Movie / Salary for Zachary Gordon
Diary of a Wimpy Kid / $34,213
Rodrick Rules / $55,629
The Last Straw / $78,532

1)How much more money did Zachary make in Rodrick Rules than in Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

2)How much more money did Zachary make in The Last Straw than in Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

3)How much money did Zachary make in The Last Straw and Rodrick Rules combined?

Use afterLesson 6.

For each Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, there has been a profit. Complete the chart below to determine the profit on each Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. Use any strategy to solve the problems and then check your work.

Movie / Money Made / Money Spent / Profit
Diary of a Wimpy Kid / $450,000 / $230,405 / 4)
Rodrick Rules / $670,000 / $479,124 / 5)
The Last Straw / $834,000 / $545,032 / 6)

7)Which movie made the most money? How do you know?

8)Write the profit number from Rodrick Rules in expanded and word form.

9)You decided to produce Cabin Fever before anyone else! Thanks to your hard work and dedication, the movie is set to be released in September of 2015. There have already been 23,674 pre-sale tickets sold. Your goal is to pre-sale 25,000 tickets. How many more do you need to sell to reach your goal?

Adding and Subtracting Two-Step Word Problems

10)You want to buy new movie props for the school Greg attends for the next movie being released. You now have $13,342 in your budget. How much money did you originally have in your budget to begin with?

11)You are planning a fancy movie premier for the new movie Cabin Fever. There are 32 actors, 14 actresses, and 25 producers planning to attend the party. You should have a shrimp cocktail for each person. If you have 75 shrimp cocktails, how many will you have left after everyone has eaten one?