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Fun 2nd Grade Math Worksheet No. 5
The Root of All Evil: Money!

Brandon bought a cow for $189 and a bull for $52. How much money did he spend altogether?

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Janet has lots of money. She bought a skirt for $253 and a blouse for $116 yesterday. How much did she pay the cashier in total?

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Croc Carl was hungry. He entered Pizza Mutt and ordered a Dalmatian Pizza for $168 and a Lhasa Apso Lasagna for $145. How much was his bill? He didn't tip the waiter for the Lhasa Apso Lasagna had too many bones in it.

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Carradine Cowboy wanted to catch the pesky burglar who stole his grandmother's dentures last week. He walked into a shop and bought a pair of handcuffs for $423. If he paid the cashier $450, how much money did he get back in change?

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Detective Derek's magnifying glass was broken so he had to buy a new one. He entered a shop, picked up a magnifying glass, walked to the counter and gave the cashier $200. If the cashier gave him $82 in change, how much did the magnifying glass cost?

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My house was haunted by vampires last month. To solve that irritating problem, I rushed over to Smelly Breath Sam and bought some garlic for $69. I then skipped over to Clive Carpenter's DIY shop and bought a mirror for $153 for vampires can't be seen in a mirror and that is how you detect them. If I had $395 before I bought the two items, how much money did I have when I returned home?

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Bearded Bodowski loves to play role-playing games but he always loses terribly. So when he was playing last Monday he decided to arm himself with some powerful weapons to slay a marauding dragon. He bought a silver dragonlance for $321 and a magic sword that cost $92 more than the dragonlance. How much did he pay for his weapons altogether? He was eaten by the dragon later.

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Maurice Monkey was going to be married in two days' time. She had $950 with her. She bought a beautiful wedding gown for $208 and a pair of pretty diamond earrings that cost $19 less than the wedding gown. How much money did she have after paying for the wedding gown and the earrings?

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Harry Hound's rubber ducky was stolen by an evil Poodle. He cried bitter tears for a week. His mother gave him $600 out of pity at the end of the week. So Harry Hound trotted over to K9 R Us and bought 3 rubber duckies that cost $8 each and a huge plastic bone. If the happy hound returned home with $298, how much did the plastic bone cost?

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Paula Piranha had a terrible toothache after having bitten into a man's prosthetic leg by accident. She swam over to Dolphin Dentist to get 5 of her teeth pulled. Dolphin Dentist charged her $9 for pulling each tooth and $6 for replacing each tooth. If Paula Piranha had $159 in the beginning, how much did she have after visiting the dentist?

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Kelly Canine had a problem. She had too many fleas. She went to the vet and bought 2 flea collars for $152 each and a flea shampoo for $71. If she paid with 4 $100 notes, how much change did she receive?

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I had 4 dear donkeys in my farm. I became too poor to hold on to them. So I sold the 2 black donkeys for $285 each. I sold the pink donkey for $85 more than each black donkey. I collected a total of $949 for the 4 donkeys. How much did I sell my darling yellow donkey for? It was a terribly low price.

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Chad used to ride a cow to school. As Naughty Ned and Bully Brad teased him mercilessly for it, Chad vowed to buy a new mount for himself. He headed to the nearest pet store and found a stinging wasp he liked. When he asked the owner of the shop how much the wasp cost, the owner, who was a retired Singapore math teacher posed him this math question. He pointed to a buffalo and said that if he added $35 to the cost of the buffalo and divided the resulting number by 2, he would arrive at the price of the wasp. If the buffalo cost $265, how much did smart Chad pay for the wasp? By the way, Chad was never teased again after that.

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Esmeralda Witch wanted to make a very powerful potion to get rid of her big hairy wart on her nose. She went to a shop and bought an elephant toenail for $85, an alligator tooth that cost 3 times as much as the elephant toenail and a cockroach brain that was $96 cheaper than the alligator tooth. How much money did she spend?

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Last May, my mother, my father and I went shopping to buy some birthday presents for my sister. I bought a pair of flying shoes for her that cost me $248. My father bought a talking book that cost half as much as my flying shoes. My mother, ever the practical one, purchased a guardian angel to look after her. If the guardian angel cost $52 more than the pair of flying shoes, how much did we spend altogether?

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I wanted to be a superhero. I bought a cape, a lasso and a laser gun from a shop for a total of $265. If the cape cost $93 and the lasso $67, how much was the combined cost of the lasso and the laser gun?

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Frederick was an aspiring pianist until the day his parents decided to move to a tree-house in Sarawak, Malaysia. Since he couldn't bring his piano up into his tree-house, Frederick decided to learn how to play other musical instruments. His mom, being a very generous person, gave him $1,000 to buy some musical instruments. Frederick bought a violin for $268 and a flute that cost half as much as the violin. How much money did the happy boy have after buying the violin and flute?

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I went to a pet store and bought a hoarse horse, a mangy monkey and a dirty dog. I paid $46 for the hoarse horse. The mangy monkey cost twice as much as the hoarse horse. The dog, although it was filthy, cost twice as much as the mangy monkey because he could write really funny doggerel. How much did I pay altogether for my pitiful pets?

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Wilma Witch wanted to buy a familiar. She flew to the nearest pet shop on her broom and asked the owner of the shop what animals he had. The owner said that he had an owl that cost $352, a spider that cost $138 less than the owl and a wolf that cost double that of the spider. Wilma Witch was delighted. She bought all three animals. How much did she pay for them?

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I have 3 sisters with 3 hairy tongues each. Each sister spent $24 to pierce her 3 tongues. Each of my sisters also bought a diamond ring for each of their tongues. Their diamond rings all cost the same and they spent a total of $81 for their 9 diamond rings. How much did each sister spend to get each tongue pierced and adorned with a beautiful ring? They look lovely now and are looking for handsome eligible bachelors.

This 2nd Grade Math Worksheet No. 5: Money
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Singapore 2nd Grade Math Worksheet 5 - Answers

Q1 - $241, Q2 - $369, Q3 - $313, Q4 - $27, Q5 - $118

Q6 - $173, Q7 - $734, Q8 - $553, Q9 - $278, Q10 - $84

Q11 - $25, Q12 - $9, Q13 - $150, Q14 - $499, Q15 - $672

Q16 - $172, Q17 - $598, Q18 - $322, Q19 - $994, Q20 - $17

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