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Sheet #181

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.

1) Mrs. Jackson opened a pack of 500 sheets of paper. The class has used 67 sheets. How many sheets of paper were left in the pack?





2) Orville and Wilbur Wright first flew an airplane in 1903. In 1971 the first spacecraft flew around the planet Mars. How many years after the Wright brothers' invention did the first Mars flight take place?






3) If the heaviest dog in the world is 310 pounds and the next-heaviest dog is 14 pounds less, how much does the next-heaviest dog weigh?






4) A basketball court is 84 feet long. The length is 34 more feet than its width. What is the width of the court?












Answers for sheet # 181

1) 433 sheets of paper left

2) 68 years

3) 296 pounds

4) 50 feet