Story Problems
Elf Shaun bought 9 bouquets of candy roses for his elf bride. Each bouquet has 6 roses. How many roses did he buy in total?
What is 9 x 6 = 54 roses
3 x 4
What is the name that describes the 2 and 3 in the equation?
2 x 3 = 6
What is a factor
There are 4 candy canes on 12 mini Christmas trees. How many candy canes are there in all?
What is 4 x 12 = 48 candy canes
321 + 245
Jack Frost saw 7 cars in 8 rows at the Mall. How many cars did he see in all?
What is 7 x 8 = 56 cars
6 x 5
What is 30
What is term could be used to describe the name of the 16 in the equation?
8 x 2 = 16
What is a product?
There are 8 traditional snowman on the playground. How many snowballs are on the playground in all?
What is 8 x 3 = 25 snowballs
Ms. Allen and Mrs. Schuman are making wreaths to sell. Mrs. Schuman used 689 jingle bells to decorate. Ms. Allen used 567 jingle bells. How many jingle bells did they use in all?
What is 689 + 576 = 1256 jingle bells
Santa is delivering presents to 9 house on the street. Each house has 4 kids and 2 adults. How many presents will he deliver to the street in total?
What is (4 + 2) x 9 = 54 presents
7 x 6
What is 42
What property allows for numbers to be switched without changing the total?
What is the communitive property?
Shimmer the elf is having a holiday party and invited everyone from the North Pole. She bought 345 party cups, 546 candy canes, and 14 giant marshmallows. How many items does she have in all?
What is 345 + 546 + 14 = 905 items
Mrs. Stevens has 921 Hershey's Kisses to give out to good little high flyer students! She gives out 676 Hershey's Kisses. How many does she have left?
What is 921 - 676 = 245 Hershey's Kisses
Rudolph bought 2 multipacks of gum. The multipacks have 3 different flavors. There are 7 pieces of gum in each pack. How many pieces of gum does Rudolph have in all?
What is 3 x 3 x 7 = 63 pieces of gum
8 x 7
What is 56
What is the name of the of the solution in a subtraction problem?
What is a difference?
Mrs. Loya is selling candy for a fundraiser. She sells 6 boxes of peppermint chocolate with 9 pieces in each box. She then sells 8 boxes of caramel swirls that have 8 pieces in each box. Which type of candy did she sell more of?
What is caramel swirls
There are 759 Christmas trees at the tree lot at the beginning of the holiday season. People from all over buy 482 trees to decorate their homes. How many Christmas trees are left at the end of the holiday season?
What is 759 - 482 = 277 Christmas Trees
Frosty the snowman bought 4 boxes of ice cream cones for his ice cream shop. There are 8 bags of cones in each box, and there are 10 cones per bag. How many ice cream cones did Frosty buy?
What is 4 x 8 x 10 = 320 ice cream cones
7 x 12
what is 84
What property is used when when you break apart a multiplication problem into friendlier numbers?
What is the distributive property?
Blitzen needs to make sure all the reindeers get enough food before the big night. There are 9 reindeer in total. Each reindeer must eat 3 bales of hay 4 days before Christmas Eve. How many bales of hay did Blitzen use in all?
What is 9 x 3 x 4 = 108 bales of hay
On Mrs. Loya's Christmas tree she has lots of decorations. She has a a string of lights with 234 bulbs, 67 round ornaments, 34 kid made ornaments, 82 pine cones and 12 presents under the tree. How many decorations does the Christmas tree have in all?
What is 234 + 67 + 34 + 82 + 12 = 429 decorations