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Sheet # 68

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These problems relate to a family of four having dinner. Mom serves meat, french fries, and carrot sticks on the table. 

1. Two-year old Ross takes 20 french fries, he eats 3, and drops 4 on the floor. How many french fries are left on his plate?

 

 2. Ross is 2 years old. He has an older brother, Jason, who is 7. How many years older is Jason?

 

 3. Jason cuts his meat in 10 pieces. His mother puts 3 carrot sticks on his plate, and 10 french fries. How many pieces of food are on Jason's plate?

  

4. If Jason has 30 pieces of food on his plate and he eats 17 pieces, how many pieces left on his plate?

 

 5. Ross has 20 pieces of food on his plate. 15 pieces are not meat. He eats 3 carrots and throws 6 french fries on the floor.

 

a. How many pieces of food are left on his plate?

 

b. How many pieces of food that are not meat are left on his plate?