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Sheet # 5/Apples

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Explain and Show Your Work.

1) John pruned 61 trees on Monday, 28 trees on Tuesday, 32 trees on Wednesday, 15 trees on Thursday, and 48 trees on Friday. How many fewer trees did he prune on Friday than on Monday?




2) Tim sold 82 Red Delicious apples, 90 Gala and 45 Macintosh apples. How many more Gala apples were sold than Red Delicious apples?





3) There are 27 students in our class. Today we are going on a field trip and our teacher told us to bring an apple. 18 people brought an apple. How many people forgot their apple?




4) Heidi picked 77 apples. 19 were rotten. How many apples were good?




5)  There were 53 apples in a basket. 27 of them were green apples. The rest were red. How many red apples were in the basket?