A cook fed 16 adults and 4 children. How many people did the cook feed?

The school supply cabinet has 14 large binders and 3 small binders. In total, how many binders are there?

Ann has two family members with the same birthday, so she makes two cakes. One has 18 candles and the other has 4 candles. How many candles does Ann use?

At a ball, 12 women wear their hair up and 5 wear their hair down. How many women are at the ball?

o fill an order, the factory dyed 38 metres of silk yellow and 6 metres pink. How many metres of silk did it dye for that order?

Seth and his sister are sick with chicken pox. Seth has 23 spots and his sister has 9 spots. Together, how many spots do they have?

Jacob is a school janitor. Last week, he picked up 71 pieces of trash in the classrooms and 3 pieces of trash around the campus. How many pieces of trash did Jacob pick up?

Debbie held a garage sale. She sold 26 toys and 6 books. How many items did she sell?

On an island, there are 16 wild horses and 40 tame horses. In total, how many horses are on the island?

Kylie works at a women's clothing store. Yesterday, she noticed that all her customers wore pants or skirts: 33 customers wore pants and 20 customers wore skirts. How many customers did Kylie help yesterday? 

When Kevin painted his house, he used 29 litres of white paint and 68 litres of brown paint. How many litres of paint did Kevin use in all?

Colin has $37 in his piggy bank just before his birthday. Then, he gets $27 for his birthday and adds it to his piggy bank. How much money does Colin have in his piggy bank now?

Last week on a show about superheroes, the main character rescued 19 boys and 14 girls from danger. How many people did the hero rescue last week?

Last week, an active sea otter ate 26 kilograms of food. Its lazy otter friend ate 13 kilograms. How many kilograms did the two otters eat?

Miles is building a cabinet. He needs 29 one-inch bolts and 54 one-and-a-half inch bolts. How many bolts in all does Miles need?

The students in Miss Nixon's class are collecting books to donate to a local charity. Yesterday, they collected 37 books. Today, they collected 26. How many books did the students collect during those two days?

On the first day of school, students used 18 small paperclips and 40 large ones. How many paperclips did they use that day?

Nina's favourite games at the carnival are the balloon-and-dart game and the watergun race. Nina tries the balloon-and-dart game 10 times and the watergun race 38 times. In all, how many times does Nina play the games?

One afternoon, Justin caught 17 tadpoles in a pond and took them home. That left 23 tadpoles in the pond. How many tadpoles were in the pond before?

Maryam had 98 letters. Then 70 more came in the mail. How many letters does Maryam have now?

When Comet and Frizbee stand on a scale together, the scale reads 34 pounds. Comet weighs 5 pounds. How many pounds does Frizbee weigh?

Lily read 28 pages of her new book on Sunday. She had 20 pages left to read. How many pages are in Lily's book?

I wrote a secret number on a piece of paper. I subtracted 9 from my number. My new number was 17. What number had I written on the piece of paper at first?

Paul won some money. He used $28 to buy a speaker. He used the remaining $3 to buy a sweater. How much money had Paul won?

Mason sells hamburgers at the ball park. He sold 18 hamburgers during the first inning and 12 hamburgers during the second inning. If Mason had 2 hamburgers left to sell, how many did he have at first?

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