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Elf on the Shelf bought a pair of stockings for $1.95 and a hat for $3.82. How much did he spend?
$5.77
Country Day World School collected 400 toys during the Toys for Tots gift drive. 347 toys were brought in by the students and the rest were donated directly to the front office by the parents. How many toys were donated by the parents only?
53
There were 7 guests coming over to celebrate Hanukkah. Mom was preparing Latkas for everyone. She wanted to have at least 3 for each guest. How many Latkas did she make for her guests?
21
There are 40 ornaments on the tree. After the holidays are over, they need to be put up in 5 small boxes. How many ornaments go in each box.
8 ornaments per box
What is the geometrical shape of Santa's hat?
Cone or triangle
How many Reindeer Games did Rudolf get to play?
0
Santa ate 3 cookies at his first stop, then 4 at his second stop, then 6 at his next stop, and then 7 at his last stop. How many cookies did Santa eat in all?
20 cookies
Mrs Clause made 97 cupcakes and gave away 39 to the elves in Santas workshop. How many cupcakes were left for Santa?
58
Country Day World School was selling tickets to this years Winter Wonderland Theatrical presentation in the Black Box. There are 8 rows of seats, each row having 14 seats. How many tickets can they sell?
112 tickets
8 rows x 14 seats = 112 tickets
The distance around the Earth is 24,000 miles. If Rudolf and the reindeer pull Santa's sleigh completely around the Earth in 24 hours, what average speed must they maintain?
1000 miles per hour
Name at least 3 geometrical shapes seen during the winter holidays and in what do you see them?
Triangle - tree
Sphere - ornaments
Cube - gifts
Rectangle - candles
Hexagram - Jewish star
Circles - wreaths, Get
In the movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, how many Tyrannosaurus Rex eggs did Sid collect and take care of?
For fun, can you remember what he named them?
3
Eggbert, Shelly and Yoko
How many times was Kevin left "Home Alone"?
Twice (2)
The tallest elf at the North Pole measured 54" tall. The shortest elf at the North Pole measured 35" tall. What was the difference in their height?
19"
There are 10 students in Tuesdays Math Club, and 15 students in both Wednesdays and Thursdays Math Club. How many total students have fun in Math Club each week?
40 students
10 students on Tuesdays
15 students x 2 days, Wednesdays and Thursdays
10 + 30 = 40
Miss Noel owns a candy store. She and her workers produced 864 candy canes. The candy canes needed to be shipped to their customers in boxes of 12 each. How many boxes will they need to ship all the candy canes?
72 boxes
864 divided 12 = 72 boxes
Dad decided to put up lights around the outside of our roof this year. He measured the roof very carefully to be 40 feet long and 15 feet wide. He then went to Home Depot to buy the stringer of lights. They asked him how long a string of lights he needed. Can you tell them?
110 feet of lights
How many candles on a Menorah?
9
If there was 34 ornaments, 57 lights and 63 candy canes hanging on the Christmas tree, how many objects were there in all?
154
In the movie Home Alone, Kevin paid the pizza delivery driver $12 for an $11.80 pizza. How much of a tip did the driver get?
20 cents
"Keep the change you filthy animal!"
In the song, "12 Days of Christmas", what was the grand total of Golden Rings given by the end of the 12th day?
40
5 rings per day, starting with the 5th day.
12 - 4 = 8 days
8 x 5 = 40 rings
Santa has 723 gifts left to deliver before midnight. It is now 9pm. How many gifts must he deliver per hour to be done on time?
241
Santa knew he needed plenty of room on top of a roof to land his sleigh. Up ahead, he saw a roof that looked like it might be what he needed. It measured 70 feet long and 20 feet wide. What is the area of this roof?
1400 square feet
Area = Length x Width
70 x 20 = 1400
In the movie Frozen, how many buttons does Olaf have?
3
If Mrs Clause mixed 3/4 cup sugar with 5/8 cup of flour to make her special Christmas cookies, what was the total amount of ingredients used?
1 3/8 cup
(or 11/8 cup before simplifying)
Santa will deliver 753 stuffed toys to children in Largo, FL this year. Of these, 396 are La bubu dolls. How many are not La bubu?
357
In the song, "12 Days of Christmas", what was the grand total of Ladies Dancing given?
36
9 Ladies dancing, beginning on the 9th day.
12 - 8 = 4 days
4 x 9 = 36 total Ladies Dancing
The snow began falling at the North Pole and didn't seem to want to stop! In 4 hours they received 36" of snow. How many inches of snow fell per hour?
9" per hour
36 divided by 4 = 9
A snowflake has 6 points or sides. What is this shape called?
Hexagon
In the movie, Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer, what was the name of the place defective or unwanted toys were sent?
Island of Misfit Toys