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David had 19 balloons.  Eight of them were red, four were blue, two were yellow, and the rest were green.  How many were green?   (Draw an illustration and solve.)

Jessica. had 32 balloons. Fifteen popped and 9 flew away.  How many does she have left?

Marissa  bought 2 notebooks for $1.25 and 1 pencil for $.50.  How much did she spend?

Jennifer made two trips to the store.  The store  is 2 miles from her house.  How far did she  walk?

Jennifer and Nancy  were given 38 school pencils.  If they share them equally, how many will each girl get?

Jenny B.  ate 16 Snickers bars on Monday, 12 on Tuesday, nine on Wed., and 19 on Thurs.  How many did she eat in all?

Megan had 4 caramel  apples left over. (This is the answer to a story problem.  Now...you need to create the problem.)