1. Jordan and Nicole were playing out in the snow. They thought it would be fun to throw snowballs at the boys playing next door
. They threw a lot of them before the boys figured out where they were coming from. Jordan threw seven more snowballs than Nicole. Nicole threw ten snowballs. How many snowballs did Jordan and Nicole throw altogether? 2. Tyler loves being outside when it's cold. He likes to bundle up in his parka and gloves. While he was outside he counted twenty-three icicles on the west side of the house and nineteen icicles on the east side of the house. How many icicles did Tyler count in all?
3. The ski resort close to our house had a lot of guests this weekend. The report showed that the resort had one thousand, one hundred ninety-four guests on Friday, one thousand, four hundred forty-four guests on Saturday, and eight hundred eighteen guests on Sunday. How many guests did they have on Saturday and Sunday?
4. It was kind of warm when Nathan got up this morning. It was 56 F. He knew that it was going to get colder during the day, so he took his coat to school with him. When he got out of school, the temperature had dropped by 12 F. What was the temperature when Nathan got out of school?
5. We wanted to go skiing for the weekend, but we weren't sure if it was going to snow. As it turns out, we got plenty of snow. It snowed seven inches on Wednesday, ten inches on Thursday, and twelve inches on Friday. How many inches did it snow in all?
6. Our family moved from Florida to Minnesota. When we got to Minnesota we realized that we needed to buy some warmer clothes. Dad bought a sweater for $41.00, a parka for $97.00, a pair of gloves for $16.00, and some boots for $29.00. How much money did Dad spend in all?
To find the mean (fair share/average) of the data set, you will combine all the numbers (add) and then split them into the same number of groups you started with (divide by 10).
