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1. Patsy has 27 merry-go-round tickets. If she gives away 18 tickets, how many tickets will she have left?
2. A club president wants to award an honor badge to each of 26 boys. He only has17 badges. How many more badges does he need?
3. Peter is 68 inches tall. Pat is 48 inches tall. How much taller is Peter than Pat?
4. Jack has 26 Ping-Pong balls. He can find only 17. How many more must he hunt for?
5. Jenny knows that 17 children came to band practice. She knows that 9 of them were girls. How many boys came to band practice?
6. In a show, 20 boys need to wear firemen's helmets. They have 6 helmets. How many more helmets do they need for the show?
7. Jim had 26 tadpoles in a jar. Nine turned into frogs. How many tadpoles were left?
8. Sam has 16 goldfish. Don has 13. How many more goldfish does Sam have than Don has?
9. Dan gave Joe 24 pigeons. Dan has 5 pigeons left. How many pigeons did Dan have before he gave any away?
10. Ted has 45 cents. If he buys an ice-cream cone for 18 cents, how much will he have left?