Half as many, one side of an area
Division
If there are 20 boys from College Station on the naughty list and 10 girls from college station on the naughty list, how many kids from college station are on the naughty list?
30 kids
Santa's elves have made 30 piggy banks. 6 of them fall on the floor and break. How many piggy banks are left?
24 piggy banks
All of Santa's reindeer were lined up for the Twinkle Light Parade. If there were 2 rows with 4 reindeer in each row, how many reindeer were there?
8 Reindeer
Rudolph is half the size of Dasher. If dasher is 6 feet tall, how tall is Rudolph?
3 feet tall
3 times as much, double the amount
Multiplication
Santa made 10 cups of hot chocolate. Mrs. Claus made 5 cups of hot chocolate. How many cups of hot chocolate are there?
15 cups of hot chocolate
Santa's elves need to make 100 dolls by the end of the night. If they have already made 85, how many more dolls do they need to make?
15
The length of Santa's room is 10 feet. The width of Santa's room is 12 feet. What is the area of Santa's room?
120 sq feet
If Santa's Winter Wonderland is 60 sq ft, and the length is 20 ft long, how long is the width?
30 ft. long
collect, gets more, has more
Addition
When Rudolph was born, he weighed 30 pounds. Over time, he has gained 70 pounds. How much does Rudolph weigh today?
100 pounds
Before Santa took a nap, Mrs. Claus had baked 20 cookies. When he woke up from his nap, there were 50 cookies baked. How many cookies did Mrs. Claus make while Santa was asleep?
30 cookies
Rudolph flew 3 times in the air for 20 minutes long each time. How long was Rudolph in the air?
60 minutes
Santa is passing out Candy Canes to some of his elves. If he has 10 elves and each of them got 2 Candy Canes, how many Candy Canes did Santa have before he passed them out?
20 Candy Canes
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Coefficient
Blitzen's antlers are 3 inches longer than Dancer's antlers. Dancer's antlers are 4 inches long. How long are Blitzen's antlers?
7 inches
Lucky used 20 pieces of candy on her gingerbread house. Sprinkles used 27 pieces of candy on her gingerbread house. How many more pieces of candy did Sprinkles use on her gingerbread house?
7 more pieces of Candy
Santa is going to buy Christmas socks for all of his reindeer. If he has 9 reindeer, including Rudolph, how many individual socks must Santa buy?
36 socks
Rudolph is trying to make hot chocolate for himself and 2 of his reindeer friends. In each cup of hot chocolate, he will put 3 marshmallows. If Rudolph has 10 marshmallows, how many can he put in each cup and how many will be leftover?
3 marshmallows in each cup with 1 leftover
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Variable
The Red Christmas tree is 2 feet taller than the White Christmas tree. The White Christmas tree is 20 feet tall. The Blue Christmas tree is 5 feet taller than the Red Christmas tree. How tall is the Blue Christmas tree?
27 feet tall
Tinsel started with 20 feet of wrapping paper. She used 12 feet to wrap a big toy. With the leftover wrapping paper, she wrapped a small toy. She now has 2 feet of wrapping paper left. How much wrapping paper did she use for the small toy?
6 feet of wrapping paper
Toy Room A has twice as many toys than Toy Room B, which has 20 Toys. Toy room C has 3 times as many toys than Toy Room A. How many toys are in room C?
120 toys
Mrs. Clause put 200 candy canes in 4 boxes with an equal number of candy canes in each box. If one box were to be given to 5 elves, how many candy canes could each elf have?
10 Candy Canes