Hot Cocoa Math
Train Math
Holiday Math
Holiday Trivia
Holiday Songs
100

It takes 3.5 ounces of cocoa to make a cup of hot chocolate. How much cocoa is needed to make 7.26 cups of hot chocolate?

25.41

100

The train left the first station at 3:45. It arrived at the second station at 4:31. How long was the train traveling for? 

46 minutes 

100

25% of Santa's 8 reindeer were not playing the game. How many reindeer were not playing? 

2

100

In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” what made Frosty come to life?

An old silk hat

100

What song sings about decorating the halls and fa la la la la-ing?

Deck the Halls

200

The waiters on the Polar Express has 25.8 gallons of hot chocolate to share among the children on the train. If there are twenty children on the train, how much hot chocolate will each child get?

1.29 gallons 

200

The Polar Express picked Billy up at 11:35. The train was derailed at the frozen lake for 47 minutes. If it takes two hours and twenty-nine minutes to get from Billy's house to the North Pole, what time would they arrive at the North Pole?

2:50 

200

We had 18 red bows and 14 green bows in a box. We used 3/4 of the bows for our presents. How many bows are left in the box?

8 bows

200

Per a recent holiday fad, what “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa on who has been naughty and nice?

An elf of the shelf 

200

What song sings about a man that has a list that he checks twice and will be coming o town soon?

Santa Claus is Coming To Town

300

The waiters on the Polar Express has 29 gallons of hot chocolate to share among the children on the train. Each child got 0.5 gallons of hot chocolate. Will their be enough hot chocolate for 60 children? 

No 

300

If it takes 3/29 of the coal for the train to go 1

mile, how much of the coal would it take to go 6.3

miles?

0.65 of the coal 

300

Only 7/9 of the children in the town were actually good all year. If there are 189 children in the town, how many were actually good?

147 children 

300

One of Santa’s reindeer shares a name with a famous symbol of Valentine’s Day. Which reindeer is that?

Cupid 

300

What is the first line of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen...but do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all....
400

It takes 16.7 oz of water, 2.3 oz of chocolate, and 3.5 oz of marshmallows to make one cup of hot chocolate. There are 59 children and 40 adults on the polar express. Each person gets hot chocolate. How many oz of marshmallow are needed? 

346.5 oz of marshmallows 

400

The know-it-all boy said that the conductor only punched four letters, but he had actually punched out five letters on his ticket. What is the fraction and decimal of the number of letters he thought he punched to the actual number.

4/5 or 0.8 

400

Santa has 246.11 presents to give to 32 children. How many presents will each child get?

7.69 Presents 

400

What holiday to kids sometimes get presents for eight days?

Hanukkah

400

What song sings about dreaming about a specific color during the holidays?

White Christmas

500

How many different combinations of hot chocolate can you make? You must include one item from each category. 

Flavors: white chocolate, dark chocolate, and milk chocolate 

Topping: whip cream, mini marshmallows, and chocolate whip cream 


9

500

If it takes 92 pounds of coal for the train to go 1

mile. The train has 864.8 pounds of coal on board.

How many miles will the train be able to travel? 

9.4 miles 

500

If there are 13.5 days left until Christmas, how many minutes are left?

19,440 minutes 

500

This poisonous plant is often purchased during Christmas time and is typically red, but does come in other colors.

Poinsettia 

500

This song speaks of a lover giving gifts during Christmas time.

The 12 Day of Christmas