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Sheet # 2/Ballpark

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Explain and Show Your Work.

1) Last week, 24 first graders took a field trip to the ballpark on one bus and 23 rode on another bus. How many students went on the trip in all?




2) Of the 24 students on the first bus, 13 students said they had been to a ballpark before. How many of those students had never been to a ballpark?




3) Ryan sold 17 bags of peanuts on Friday and 12 bags on Saturday. Brad sold 31 bags of peanuts. Who sold more bags of peanuts? How many more?




4) Barry Bonds had 34 free tickets. He gave 20 of them away to the first grade class and their teacher. How many tickets did he have left?




5) Mark MaGwire has 80 baseball cards. He gave 40 of them away to the third graders. How many baseball cards did he have left?

















Answers for sheet # 2

1) 24 + 23 = 47 students

2) 24 - 13 = 11 children

3) 17 + 12 = 29 bags sold by Ryan.
Brad sold more. Brad sold 2 more bags

4) 14 tickets

5) 40 baseballs