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Ms. Hvozdik ran 12.3 mile on Saturday.  Ms. Chaney ran 4.9 miles.  How much farther did Mrs. Hvozdik run than Ms. Chaney? 

• 7.4

• 17.2

• 8.6

• 8

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Students are collecting cans for a food drive.  Week one they collected 172.3 pounds of food. Week 5, they collected 238 pounds of food.  How much more did they collect in week 5? 

• 410.3

• 65.7

• 66.3

• 146.3

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Abby buys a game for $7.89 and batteries for $5.49.  She pays with a twenty dollar bill, how much change will she receive? 

• 7.72

• 33.38

• 13.38

• 6.62

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Jane bought three sheet so of poster board for $1.29 each and a pack of construction paper for $3.79.  How much did Jane spend in all? 

• 7.66

• 76.60

• 5.08

• 2.50

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

lia and james went to the movies the tickets are $3.00 each. Lia bought popcorn and a slushy for $8.50. Together they bought a slushy and nachos $12.00. How much money did they spend in all together?

• 26.50

• 2.650

• 3.00

• 53.65

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Layla went to a coffee shop. She bought 2 cupcakes with $5.70, 1 juice with $1.50, and and ice cream cup for her brother with $3.50. If Layla has $15, how much change will the cashier give her back?

• $4.5

• $4.3

• $4.4

• $4

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Oliver bought 7 bags of candy. Each bag costs $1.50. How much money did he have to pay?

• $7.50

• $8.50

• $10.50

• $105.00

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Cathy bought 2 notebooks that were $2.25 each, and a box of markers that was $3.68. What is the total cost of her notebooks and markers?

• $5.93      

• $8.18      

• $9.61

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?

• 12.3 cm

• 3.8 years

• 12.32 cm

• 12.32 years

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Nancy was buying food for her birthday party. She bought a 52.93 oz bag of barbeque chips and a 79.6 oz bag of regular chips. How many ounces did she buy all together?

• 132.53 ounces

• -33.33 ounces

• 26.77 bags

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7