Money
You woke up Thanksgiving Day morning and realized you forgot a few items needed to complete your meal. You rush to the grocery store. Your total for the items needed was $22.54 You give the cashier $30.00. What is your change?
What is $7.46?
Sally made a chocolate cake for Thanksgiving. Her family ate 6/8 of the cake. What percentage of the cake was eaten?
What is 75%?
At the annual Thanksgiving meal, there were 7 adults and 5 children. What fraction of people were adults? (Answer in simplest form)
What is 7/12?
Sam is visiting his parents for Thanksgiving. He lives 375 miles away. If he drives at an average rate of 75 mph, how many hours will it take him to get to his parents’ house?
What is 5 hours?
You and your family will be traveling to your parents house for Thanksgiving. You decide to travel at night so there is less traffic and the kids can sleep. You leave at midnight, and arrive at 5:00AM with no stops along the way. If you traveled a total of 350 miles, what was your average rate of speed?
What is 70 mph?
Food Lion is running a special on ham for $0.89 cent per pound. How much would a 16-pound ham cost you?
What is $14.24?
You cooked turkey and ham for Thanksgiving. Eight people ate turkey and 4 people ate ham. What percentage of the people ate turkey? (Answer should be rounded to the nearest whole number)
What is 67%?
The recipe you are using to make macaroni and cheese calls for 1/6 teaspoon of salt. Convert 1/6 to a decimal number rounded to two places.
What is 0.17?
The grocery store you are working for had $34,211.12 in sales in 2021 on the day before Thanksgiving. This year, it had a total of $46,723.17. How much (in dollars and cents) did sales increase?
What is 12,512.05?
If a turkey weighs 26.4 pounds, what is its weight in kilograms? (1 kg = 2.2 pounds)
What is 12 kg?
You have set your Thanksgiving budget at $300.00. You spend $87.56 at one store and $134.09 at another. How much do you have remaining in your budget?
What is $78.35?
The store you are purchasing paper products from for your family dinner is advertising 40% off. If your total purchase is $29.00. What will be the cost of your purchase after the discount and before tax is added?
What is $17.40?
In your planning of Thanksgiving, you are watching the news carefully for details on the weather. You discover there is a 55% chance of rain. What is this number written as a fraction in lowest terms?
What is 11/20?
You are employed at a local toy store and Black Friday is fast approaching. You want to make sure there are enough staff working to meet the demand of customers who visit the store. To do so, you calculate the mean number of customers who have visited on Black Friday for the last 5 years. The following is your data set: 112, 145, 132, 128, and 118. What is the mean number of customers for the store?
What is 127?
Sara is traveling a total of 260 miles to her destination for the holidays. If she travels at an average rate of 65 mph and leaves her house at 9:00 AM, what time will she arrive at her destination? (answer must include am or pm to be correct)
What is 1:00 PM?
You have pre-ordered some of the fixings for your family’s Thanksgiving dinner from a local restaurant. They require a 40% deposit at the time the order is placed. If your order total is $79.00, what is the amount of the deposit you have to pay when the order is placed?
What is $31.60?
The store you are working at is having a sale on Thanksgiving items. A customer wishes to purchase a wreath that cost $29.99 and a set of place mats which cost $12.99. What is the amount of the discount she will receive if both items are 20% off?
What is $8.60?
After dinner, you are cleaning up. You realize your family ate 4/5 of the pumpkin pie. What percentage of the pie was eaten?
What is 80%?
You need to purchase green beans for your family dinner. Which of the following is a better deal, on a per ounce basis?
What is Option A?
If 2/3 of one pie and 1/3 of another were eaten, how many total pies are left over if I combine the remaining portions of the three pies?
What is 1 whole pies?
After Thanksgiving dinner, you and your family decide to take go ice skating. You purchase 3 tickets at 8.25 each, 2 pair of socks for 9.95 each, and 3 hot chocolates at $2.50 each. If you pay with a $100.00 bill, how much change should you get back if there was not any tax added.
What is $47.85?
Sally bought a new bag of sugar to bake all her holiday treats. She used 5/7 of the bag for cakes and another 2/7 of the bag for pies. What percentage of the new bag of sugar has she used? (round to nearest whole number)
What is 100%?
You plan to make 5 pies for Thanksgiving. At most, each pie will take 1/2 hours of your time to make. At most, how long do you estimate it will take you to make all 5 pies? (in hours and minutes)
What is 2 hours and 30 minutes?
You have read the following directions for cooking your turkey: 13 minutes per pound at 350 degrees. Your turkey weighs 23 pounds. How long will it take to cook your turkey? (answer in hours and minutes)
What is 4 hours and 59 minutes?
You and your spouse have decided to host Thanksgiving dinner for both sides of the family. You have to set-up enough tables and chairs for all invited. Invitations went out to 24 individuals and 20 couples. If each table seats 8 people. How many tables are needed if everyone invited attends?
What is 8 tables?