Gr3_Mth_DOL-9.26_3.5, 3.4b & 3.4a

Last month, the school store sold 105 hats and 79 jackets. What is the best estimate of the difference in the number of hats and jackets sold?

• 20

• 180

• 30

• 170

A food bank received 453 cans of vegetables last week. It received 509 cans of vegetables this week. Which equation can be used to find how many fewer cans of vegetables the food bank received last week than this week?

• 509 + 453 =

• 509 – 453 =

• 509 + 56 =

• 453 – 56 =

There are two male gorillas at a zoo.

The weight of the younger gorilla is 268 pounds.

The weight of the older gorilla is 406 pounds.

What is the difference in pounds between these two weights?

Choose the correct answer from the drop-down menu to complete the statement. The difference between the two weights is ​ (a)   pounds.

• 148

• 674

• 262

• 138

While on a long walk on the beach, Marie counted 236 seashells.

Her sister Antoinette counted 153 seashells. How many more seashells did Marie count than Antoinette?

Choose the correct answer from the drop-down menu to complete the statement.

Marie counted ​ (a)   more seashells than Antoinette.

• 123

• 183

• 389

• 83

The book “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” is 636 pages long. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” is 317 pages long.

How many fewer pages are there in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” than in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”?

Enter your answer in the space provided.

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