It’s Wednesday – here are some problems to solve

numbersThere were four bowls of mints in the library.  Each bowl had 213 mints in it.  How many mints were there altogether?

At the end of the day there were 306 mints left.  How many mints had been eaten that day?

In the office there were five cups full of candy canes.  Each cup had 64 candy canes in it.  How many candy canes were there altogether?

Kindergarten used 172 of them while making gingerbread houses.  How many candy canes were left?

If you solve a problem leave a comment to share you great math thinking.  Happy Math!