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Sheet #177

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Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.

1) Mike drove 289 miles before lunch and 163 miles after lunch. How many miles did he drive altogether?





2) In a box of 500 oranges, 89 are bad. How many oranges are good?





3) Four-hundred passengers board a plane at San Francisco.  Two-hundred-twenty-nine passengers get off at Hong Kong. How many people are still on the plane?





4) A factory made 678 bicycles last month and 534 bicycles this month. How many fewer bicycles did it make this month?





5) Farmer Patrick has 447 cows, and Farmer Maguire has 374 cows. How many more cows does Farmer Patrick have than Farmer Maguire?









Answers for sheet # 177

1) 452 miles

2) 411 oranges are good

3) 171 passengers

4) 144 fewer bikes this months

5) 73 more cows