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Sheet # 260

1) Lisa's mother has a goal of raising $50,000 for school library. She has already raised $12,755. How much more money does she need to raise to reach her goal?





2) Our library has 28,081 books. Next year, we will get rid of 2362 old books and get 3452 new books. How many more books will we have next year?





3) There is a hurricane warning for the coast and three towns must evacuate: Palm Nut Beach (population 3,451), Femaville (population 4,256) and Sandgate (population 7,436). What is the total number of people who will be evacuating from these three towns?





4) A small earthquake hit Northern California on a Saturday afternoon. It was felt by people in three cities: Los Manos (population 10,482), Mount Good (population 4,210) and Meganville (872). How many people felt the earthquake?
5) Safeway sold 15,389 turkeys last year. Lucky sold 13,396 turkeys last year. How many turkeys did the two stores sell altogether?



























Answers for sheet # 260

1) 37,245

2) 29,171

3) 15,143

4) 15,564

5) 28,785