March – 4th Grade
Booker
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After 35 more people came
to the show, there were
309 people there. How
many people were there to
start?
11
After 375 cans were
donated to the Food Bank,
there were 1,200 cans in
all. How many cans were
there before the 375-can
donation?
18
28 movie-goers left the
theater when the main
character got hurt. 200
people remained inside.
How many people were
inside at the beginning of
the movie?
25
The students distributed 78
flyers that advertised the
play. They have 277 flyers
left. How many flyers did
they have to start?
17 more students entered
the gym. Now there are 85
people in the gym. How
many people were there to
start?
12
18 Huskies and 12 Pugs
entered the dog park.
Now, there are 50 dogs in
the park. How many dogs
were in the park before the
Huskies and Pugs entered?
19
Mya added 5 bananas, 5
apples, and 10 oranges to
the fruit basket. Now there
are 42 pieces of fruit in the
basket. How many pieces
of fruit were in the basket
before Maya added some?
26
Julissa deleted 178 pictures
from her phone. She has
1,038 pictures left. How
many photos did she have
before the deletions?
created by S.
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After 12 people signed the
petition, there were 100
names on it. How many
names were on the petition
before those 12 people
signed it?
13
Katherine flew 1,110 miles
today. So far, she has flown
12,050 this week. How
many miles had she flown
before today?
20
The teacher used 52 sheets
of paper to create response
boards. Now there are 448
sheets of paper left. How
many pieces of paper did
he have before he made
the response boards?
27
The store sold 8,909
gadgets in the first hour of
sales. 14,555 gadgets
remain to be sold. How
many gadgets did they start
with?
The room temperature
increased by 7 when the
blinds were opened. The
room temperature is now
64. What was the
temperature before the
blinds were opened?
14
212 wasps flew out of the
nest. There were 435 left in
the nest. How many wasps
were in the nest to start?
21
Grant ate 19 of the chips
that were in the bag. Now
there are 50 chips in the
bag. How many chips were
in the bag before Grant ate
some?
28
The entrepreneur spent
$2,039 on her flight and
hotel fees. She now has
$7,461 in her travel budget.
How much was in her
budget before those fees?
8
The painters had a can of
paint brushes. She bought
12 more. Now there are 50
paint brushes in the can.
How many brushes were in
the can to start?
15
358 fans left the venue
during intermission. That
left 1,600 fans inside. How
many fans were there
before intermission?
22
The designer used 1,255
white lights to decorate the
room. He has 10,875 left to
use. How many lights did
he have to begin with?
29
8 more people bought 2
tickets each to the finale
show. There are 109 tickets
left. How many tickets
were there before the 8
people bought tickets?