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Sheet # 557

Name_________________________Date:_____________


Explain and Show Your Work.

1)
The number of fans at a soccer game is 4 tens less than the
number shown below.

857

How many fans were at the game?



2) What number comes next in the pattern? Explain the rule.

45, 39, 33, 27, 21, _____.



3) The Outdoors Club collected 19 pounds of paper and 12
pounds of cans. ABOUT how many pounds did the club collect? Write the number sentence.



4) There are 300 pages in the book Carl must read. So far
he has read 89 pages. ABOUT how many more pages must he read? Write the number sentence.




5)
What number comes next in the pattern? Explain the rule.

47, 41, 35, 29, 23,































Answers for sheet # 557

1) 817

2) Rule: subtract 6
15

3) 20 + 10 = 30

4) 300 - 90 = 210

5) Rule: subtract 6
17