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Ebony  had $3.00.  She bought a hot dog for $1.35, chips for 35 cents, and a can of pop for 85 cents.  Did she have enough money?  Did she have money left over?  If so, how much?

Jon blew up 19 balloons.  Seven were green, six were blue and the rest were yellow.  How many balloons were yellow?  How many were red?

Andrew bought a pumpkin from Scott S. for $2.67.  Andrew gave Scott $10.00.  How much money will Andrew get back?

Write a set of 4 even numbers that is less than 75 and greater than 25.  How many sets can you write in all?

April ate 12 pretzels on Monday, 13 on Tuesday, 17 on Wednesday, 24 on Thursday, and 9 on Friday.  How many pretzels did she eat on Monday, Thursday, and Friday?

Brandy mailed 3 packages and the postage on each one was $2.65.  The postage on a fourth package was $4.37.  What the total she spent on postage?

Tim has 3,090 M&Ms.  He gaves 1,295 to Mrs. McClerren and he eats 277.  How many does he have left?  How many of the M&Ms are blue?