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100

A toy store made $1,385 in one weekend selling comic books. It made 4 times as much selling hoverboards. How much money did the toy store make selling hoverboards?

$5,540

100

Mrs. Clause made 65 cookies. Santa and his reindeer ate 13 of the cookies. Then Mrs. Clause put an equal number of the remainder of the cookies into 4 different containers. Which equation can be used to find C, the number of cookies in each container?

A.) C= (65 + 13) ÷ 4
B.) C= (65 - 13) x 4
C.) C= (65 ÷ 13) - 4
D.) C= (65 -13) ÷ 4

D.) C = (65 - 13) ÷ 4

100

Last year, at the North Pole, it snowed 4.47 inches of snow every day. The year before that, it snowed 7.63 inches of snow every day. How many fewer inches did it snow last year than the year before?

A.) 12.1 inches
B.) 2.25 inches
C.) 3.16 inches
D.) 1.5 inches 

C.) 3.16 inches 

100

Vixen ran 5 miles on Monday. He ran 3 times as many miles on Tuesday. How many more miles did he run on Tuesday than Monday? 

A.) Vixen ran 3 more miles on Tuesday than Monday.
B.) Vixen ran 10 more miles on Tuesday than Monday.
C.) Vixen ran 15 more miles on Tuesday than Monday.
D.) Vixen ran 2 more miles on Tuesday than Monday. 

B.) Vixen ran 10 more miles on Tuesday than Monday.

200

Santa drinks from 56 glasses of milk every hour on Christmas Eve. At this rate, how many glasses of milk does he drink in 12 hours? 

A.) 168 glasses
B.) 448 glasses
C.) 672 glasses
D.) 1,670 glasses 

C.) 672 glasses

200

Buddy's girlfriend, Jovie, earns $16 per hour working at the toy store. Last week, she worked 4 hours on Monday, 5 hours on Wednesday, and 3 hours on Friday. Which equation would help you find M, the amount of money that Jovie made last week? 

A.) m = (4 x 5 x 3) x 16
B.) m = (4 + 5 + 3) x 16
C.) m= (4 x 5 x 3) + 16
D.) m= (4 + 5 + 3) ÷ 16

B.) m= (4 + 5 + 3) x 16

200

Buddy the Elf is 6 feet tall. His dad is 4.5 feet tall. What is the combined height of both Buddy and Buddy's dad?

A.) 5.1 feet
B.) 3.9 feet
C.) 1.5 feet
D.) 10.5 feet

D.) 10.5 feet

200

There are 14 male elves and 25 female elves on the night shift at Santa's workshop. Santa wants to divide the elves into groups of 3. Which of the following shows how many groups he can make?

A.) (25 + x) ÷ 3 =14
B.) (14 + x) ÷ 3 = 25
C.) (25 - 14) ÷ by 3 = x
D.) (14 + 25) ÷ by 3 = x 

D.)    (14 + 25) ÷ 3 = x 

300

A large crockpot holds 92 ounces of hot chocolate. If the hot chocolate is used to fill as many 8-ounce glasses as possible, how many ounces of hot chocolate will be left over? 

A.) 11 ounces
B.) 4 ounces
C.) 12 ounces
D.) 3 ounces

B.) 4 ounces

300

Area Model Problem

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D.) 

300

Mrs. Clause is making sugar cookies. She filled a bowl with 0.75 cups of flour, 2 cups of water, and 0.5 cups of sugar. How many cups of ingredients did Mrs. Clause have in the bowl?

A.) 2.75 cups
B.) 2.5 cups
C.) 3.25 cups
D.) 3.5 cups 

C.) 3.25 cups 

300

The Whos down in Whoville collected cans of food for a food drive. The boys collected 162 cans of food and the girls collected 6 times as many cans of food. How many cans of food did both the boys and the girls collect in all? 

A.) 28 cans  
B.) 168 cans
C.) 972 cans
D.) 1,134 cans

D.) 1,134 cans

400

A company donates 935 toys to a Christmas toy drive. The toys are divided equally among 9 different charities. The rest of the toys are given to a local school. Which statement below correctly describes how the toys are divided?

A.) 103 toys to each charity and 8 toys to the school
B.) 108 toys to each charity and 8 toys to the school
C.) 130 toys to each charity and 8 toys to the school
D.) 133 toys to each charity and 8 toys to the school

A.) 103 toys to each charity and 8 toys to the school. 

400

Mrs. Clause bought 6 cartons of eggs. There were a dozen eggs in each carton. The next morning, she used 7 eggs to make pancakes and 6 eggs to make bread for later that day. Which equation shows E, the total number of eggs remaining? 

A.) E= (6 + 12) - (7 + 6)
B.) E= (6 x 12) - (7 + 6)
C.) E= (6 x 12) + (7 - 6)
D.) E = (12 ÷ 6) - (7 + 6) 

B.) E= (6 x 12) - (7 + 6) 

400
Cindy Lou Who earned $27.50 by mowing lawns and babysitting her little brother. She wants to buy a doll that costs $12.99 and a craft kit that costs $14.50. How much money will Cindy Lou Who have left after buying both items? 


A.) $0.01
B.) $0.10
C.) $0.99
D.) $1.10

A.) $0.01

400

Ralphie the Elf is in charge of all of Santa's reindeer. He is placing an order on Amazon for food for the reindeer for the upcoming month. The reindeer eat 15 pounds of vegetables every day, and they eat every day of the week. How many pounds of veggies does Ralphie need to buy for the month? 

(HINT: There are 4 weeks in a month.) 

A.) 105 pounds
B.) 420 pounds 
C.) 465 pounds
D.) 1,260 pounds 

B.) 420 pounds 

500

Elvis the Elf is putting the strings on some guitars. Each guitar needs 6 strings, and Elvis has 298 strings. How many guitars will Elvis the Elf be able to string completely? 

A.) 48 guitars
B.) 49 guitars
C.) 50 guitars
D.) 4 guitars 

B.) 49 guitars

500
Mrs. & Mr. Clause Problem 


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C.) Mrs. Clause slept 6 more hours than Santa.

500
On Wednesday, the odometer on Santa's sleigh read 6,842.9 miles. On Saturday, it read 8,394.8 miles. How many miles did Santa travel from Wednesday to Saturday? 


A.) 1.551.9 miles
B.) 2,552.1 miles 
C.) 15,137.7 miles 
D.) 152.37 miles

A.) 1,551.9 miles 

500

Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph all run 5 days a week. Rudolph goes twice as far as Donner, and Donner goes three times as far as Blitzen. Blitzen runs 12 miles every day. How many miles does Rudolph run each day?

A.) 24 miles
B.) 36 miles
C.) 60 miles
D.) 72 miles

D.) 72 miles