Holiday Word Problems
Holiday Word Problems
Holiday Word Problems
Holiday Word Problems
Holiday Word Problems
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During the holidays, your older brother earns money by plowing driveways. If he plows 6 driveways an hour, how long will it take him to plow 24 driveways?
4 hours
100
Grandma Sue has to make 500 stockings for the local craft fair. She has made 342 so far, how many does she still have left to make?
158 stockings
100
It takes 4 ounces of cocoa to make a cup of hot chocolate. How much cocoa is needed to make 8 cups of hot chocolate?
32 ounces of cocoa
100
The waiters on the Polar Express have 28 ounces of hot chocolate to share among the children on the train. If there are seven children on the train, how much hot chocolate will each child get?
4 ounces
100
Three elves each ate 8 candy canes. How many did they eat in all?
24 candy canes
200
If your brother earns $7 for every driveway he plows, how much money will he earn after working for 3 hours?
$21
200
The elves are busy making toys in the workshop at the North Pole. On Monday they made 342 toys, on Tuesday they made 451 toys, and on Wednesday they made 237 toys. How many toys have they made this week?
1,030 toys
200
After the trip on the Polar Express, it was Christmas morning. Santa left 30 presents each for Sarah, her brother, her mom, and her dad. How many gifts did Santa leave for the family?
120 gifts
200
Santa has 132 presents to gie to 12 children. How many presents will each child get?
11 presents
200
It takes Krinkles, the elf, 4 minutes to paint one toy boat and 8 minutes to paint one toy train. How long will it take Krinkles to paint one dozen of each type of toy? Express your answer in minutes.
4 x 12 = 48 minutes for the boat 8 x 12 = 96 minutes for the train 48 + 96 = 144 minutes Answer: 144 minutes
300
Joseph, Melanie and Suzy all went Christmas shopping for their parents. Each of them bought 2 gifts for both their mom and their dad. How many gifts were bought in all?
6 gifts
300
Troy’s mom is making 5 dozen gingerbread cookies for the class party. If each gingerbread needs 3 red hots, how many red hots are needed in all?
5 x 12 = 60 gingerbread cookies 60 x 3 = 180 red hots Answer: 180 red hots
300
There are 9 candles on a Hanukkah menorah. Sally has 3 silver menorahs and 2 gold menorahs. How many candles are on all of them?
45 candles
300
Jordon’s family drove 258 miles to spend Kwanzaa with his grandparents. Jordon’s cousins drove 115 miles. After both families return home when Kwanzaa is over, how many more miles will Jordon’s family have driven than his cousins?
258 + 258 = 516 miles for Jordan's family 115 + 115 = 230 miles for Jordan's cousins 516 - 230 = 286 miles Answer: 286 more miles
300
Kelli and Mandy sold Christmas wreaths for a school fundraiser. Kelli sold 3 times more wreaths than Mandy. Mandy sold 30 wreaths. How many wreaths did both girls sell altogether?
3 x 30 = 90 wreaths Kelli sold 90 + 30 = 120 wreaths Answer: 120 wreaths
400
The decorating committee has to decorate 4 trees. Each tree has 60 decorations on it. How many decorations were used altogether?
240 decorations
400
There are 5 girls and 3 boys making snowballs for a snowball fight. If each girl makes 3 snowballs and each boy makes 4 snowballs, how many snowballs will there be in all?
5 x 3 = 15 snowballs from the girls 3 x 4 = 12 snowballs from the boys 15 + 12 = 27 snowballs Answer: 27 snowballs
400
Santa had 98 presents in his red bag. He gave 23 to James, 31 to Maggie, and 21 to Sophia. How many presents does Santa have left for you?
23 presents
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Aaron has 4 bags of Hanukkah gelt. Each bag contains 12 chocolate coins. He divides the coins evenly among 8 of his friends. How many chocolate coins does each friend get?
4 x 8 = 48 chocolate coins 48/8 = 6 chocolate coins Answer: 6 chocolate coins
400
Dasher played reindeer games three times as long as Comet played. Comet played for half as long as Blitzen. Blitzen played for 24 minutes. For how long did Dasher play reindeer games?
24/2 = 12 minutes Comet played 12 x 3 = 36 minutes Dasher played Answer: 36 minutes
500
Lila is making baskets of fruit to decorate for Kwanzaa. She has 15 apples 14 bananas, and 7 oranges. If she puts an equal number of fruit into each of 3 baskets, how many pieces of fruit will be in each basket?
12 pieces of fruit
500
Sarah wants to make latkes for the Hanukkah party. The recipe says she will need 3 potatoes to make a latke. Sarah wants to make 27 latkes. How many potatoes will she need?
9 potatoes
500
Small boxes of candy canes contain 6 candy canes. Large boxes contain 12 candy canes. Mr. Olson bought twice as many small boxes as large boxes. He bought 6 large boxes. How many candy canes did Mr. Olson buy altogether?
6 x 12 = 72 large candy canes 6 x 2 = 12 small boxes of candy canes 12 x 6 = 72 small candy canes 72 + 72 = 144 candy canes Answer: 144 candy canes
500
Mrs. Brady bought 3 boxes of Christmas ornaments for $12 each. She paid for them with two twenty dollar bills. How much change did Mrs. Brady get back?
3 x $12 = $36 20 x 2 = 40 $40 - $36 = $4 Answer: $4.00
500
Sophie had 120 candy canes. She gave 6 candy canes to each of the guests at the Christmas party. There were 12 guests. How many candy canes does Sophie have left?
12 x 6 = 72 candy canes 120 - 72 = 48 candy canes Answer: 48 candy canes
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