Christmas Math
Holidays Around the World
CHADWICK
Number Facts
100
St. Nick has a box of ornaments that he uses to decorate his tree each year.
All of them are blue, except for six.
All of them are green, except for six.
All of them are red, except for six.
How many of each colored ornament does St. Nick
3 Blue, 3 Green, 3 Red
100
Which of the 12 Lunar New Year zodiac animals is not a real animal?
Dragon
100
What State is the original Chadwick located?
Triple points if you know the city
California, Palos Verdes
100
What type of number is pi ?
Irrational
200
3
200
Which country is credited with starting the tradition of putting up a decorated Christmas tree?
Hint: It's in Europe
Germany
200
What year Chadwick International School open?
Can be + or - 2 years
2010
200
A googol is a 1 followed by how many zeros?
100
300
A string of Christmas lights follows this pattern over and over:
1st second: ON
2nd second: ON
3rd second: OFF
The pattern never changes.
The lights run for 41 seconds in total.
What percentage of the time were the lights ON?
≈68.29% ON
300
What holiday is also known as the festival of lights?
Diwali
- celebrated mainly in India and by millions of people around the world. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness and good over evil.
300
Name all 6 middle school math teachers at Chadwick
O'Hearn, Hermanson, Lee, Choi, Leon, Kearnan
300
What is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman Numerals?
0
400
Santa must travel 48,000 km around the world to deliver presents.
He has 12 reindeer pulling the sleigh.
The reindeer must be fed according to these rules:
- Each reindeer eats 1 carrot every 2,500 km Santa travels.
- Every 12,000 km, each reindeer gets 1 bonus carrot for extra energy.
How many carrots does Santa need to bring to feed all 12 reindeer for the entire 48,000km journey?
*HINT: Santa only feeds the reindeer after a full 2,500 km.
If he hasn’t reached 2,500 km yet, he does not feed them.
276 carrots
400
Name the Big 3 major world holidays that happen in December
Christmas
December 25 — celebrated in over 160 countries, both religiously and culturally.
Hanukkah
Eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights — widely celebrated globally across Jewish communities.
Kwanzaa
December 26 – January 1 — a major cultural celebration of African and African-American heritage and community.
400
How many Nationalities does Chadwick currently have?
Can be + or - 3
51
400
What is the only number spelt in alphabetical order.
HINT: between 1-100
Forty