Halloween Math Jeopardy!

Solve it - Addition

100

29 witches + 48 vampires = ?

29+28 

77 witches and vampires

200

20+___=31

Fill in the sPoOoOky blank!

11

300

9+13+5=?

27

400

182+29

211

500

201+137

338

Solve it - Subtraction

100

17-9

8

200

66-23

43

300

99-29

70

400

296-134

162

500

323-267

56

Haunted Word Problems

100

There are 30 ghosts having a haunted house party. At midnight, 25 more ghosts arrive. How many ghosts attend the party in all?

55

200

Danny asks 10 of his friends to go trick-or-treating with him, and 7 of them say "yes". How many of Danny's friends couldn't go trick-or-treating?

3 friends

300

Elizabeth has 119 ghost friends. Erica has 43 ghost friends. How many more ghost friends does Elizabeth have over Erica? 

Elizabeth has 76 more ghost friends more than Erica

400

Bobby passes out candy to 129 trick-or-treaters. Annie passes out candy to 156 trick-or-treaters at her house. How many trick-or-treaters were given candy in total?

285 trick-or-treaters

500

There are 322 bats flying through the night sky. 219  of the bats fly back home to take a nap. How many bats are left?

103 bats

Spooky Word Problems

100

Janice finds 75 black cats wandering in the woods. Her brother Teddy sees 6 more. How many black cats do the kids see in all?

81 black cats

200

Leo receives 41 candy bars in his trick-or-treat bag. That is 8 fewer candy bars than his brother Max receives. How many candy bars does Max receive?

49 candy bars

300

Beth has 43 bags of candy corn. She gives 15 bags of candy corn to Sally. She then gives 19 bags of candy to Jane. How many bags of candy corn does Beth have left?

9 bags of candy corn

400

Monica has 246 pieces of candy. Her brother, Alex, has 187 pieces of candy. Alex hates candy and decides to give Monica all of his candy. How many pieces of Candy does Monica now have? 

246+187= 433

500

A baker has 243 gingerbread men in his bakery. An evil witch flies in and steal 167 of them. How many gingerbread men does the baker have left?

76 gingerbread men

Add or Take Away.. if you Dare!

100

Ryland has 2 pumpkin stuffed animals. A wizard flies in and multiplies his pumpkin stuffies by 4! How many pumpkin stuffies does Ryland now have?

8 pumpkin stuffed animals

200

Monica and her brother Charles decorate their home for Halloween. If there are 17 decorations in all. 6 of the decorations are witches. Monica puts up 8 decorations. How many decorations does Charles put up?

We do not need to know how many decorations are witches. Charles puts up 9 decorations.

300

A witch needs some ingredients to make a potion. If she has 9 ingredients already, how many more ingredients will she need to buy?

There is not enough information. We need to know how many ingredients she needs all together. Ex: A witch needs 17 ingredients to make a potion. If she has 9 ingredients already, how many more ingredients will she need to buy? 8 ingredients

400

Tina receives 19 candy bars and 14 bags of skittles in her trick-or-treat bag. If her sister Patty eats 4 candy bars, how many candy bars does Tina have left?

There is too much information. We do not need to know that there are 14 bags of skittles. Tina has 15 candy bars left.

500

Bobby passes out candy to 16 trick-or-treaters. Annie passes out candy to some more at her house. How many trick-or-treaters were given candy in all?

There is not enough information. We need to know how many trick-or-treaters Annie passes candy out to. Ex: Bobby passes out candy to 16 trick-or-treaters. Annie passes out candy to 10 more trick-or-treaters. How many trick-or-treaters were given candy in all? 26 trick-or-treaters