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1. A cook fed a total of 195 people. The cook fed 14 children. How many adults did the cook feed?

2. Ivan is a school janitor. Last week, he picked up a total of 562 pieces of trash. If he picked up 34 pieces of trash in the classrooms, how many pieces of trash did Ivan pick up outside the classrooms?

3. Billy is collecting shells on the beach. He found a total of 86 conch and snail shells. 5 of these were conch shells. How many of the shells were snail shells?

4. Mr. Erickson donated 40 picture books to the library. Now the library has a total of 238 picture books. How many picture books did the library have before the donation?

5. Last year, Emily's cats caught a total of 85 mice and birds. Her cats caught 74 mice. How many birds did Emily's cats catch last year?

6. Mona is reading a book that has a total of 55 pages. So far, she has read 48 pages. How many pages does Mona have left to read?

7. Mrs. Beasley got a box of chocolate for Valentine's Day. There are 43 pieces of chocolate in the box. 9 pieces are milk chocolate and the rest are dark chocolate. How many of the pieces are dark chocolate?

8. Mrs. Herrera's class raised a total of 73 silkworms, and 8 of them turned into moths. How many silkworms did not turn into moths?

9. An empty school bus picked up a total of 19 children from school. At its first stop, 5 children got off the bus. How many children stayed on?

10. The Hillsdale bakery had 414 bags of sugar. Then an employee used 20 bags of sugar to make some brownies. How much sugar is left?

11. Seth works in the kitchen of a Mexican restaurant. Over the weekend, he washed a combined total of 541 large and small plates. If Seth washed 93 large plates, how many small plates did he wash over the weekend?

12. The Georgetown Middle School cafeteria goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 700 ounces of peanut butter in stock. If they have 19 ounces of crunchy peanut butter, how many ounces of regular peanut butter do they have?

13. Luke wrote a total of 816 songs in his career. Of these songs, 83 were popular. How many songs did Luke write that were not popular?

14. A total of 883 people landed at the airport today. Only 54 people landed on time. How many people did not land on time at the airport today?

15. A banana farm received a total of 13 millimeters of rain in March and April. If 10 millimeters of rain fell on the farm in March, how many millimeters of rain fell on the farm in April?

16. The Lakeside bakery had 475 bags of sugar. Then an employee used 23 bags of sugar to make some carrot cake. How much sugar is left?

17. There were a total of 366 books sitting on a bookcase in Kenneth's bedroom, until he sold 43 of them. How many books are left on the bookcase?

18. There were a total of 167 tadpoles in a pond. One afternoon, Nick caught 79 tadpoles from the pond and took them home. How many tadpoles were left in the pond?

19. Joe and Pam jumped on the couch a combined total of 36 times. Then the couch broke, and they both got in big trouble. If Joe jumped on the couch 3 times, how many times did Pam jump on it?

20. Vicky runs her own baking company. This morning, Vicky's workers baked 46 pumpkin pies. They also baked some more after lunch. In total, they baked 736 pumpkin pies. How many pumpkin pies did Vicky's workers bake after lunch?

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