Holiday Word Problems

1  Santa’s sleigh needs new bells. He has 27 bells to share among 9 reindeer.  How many bells will Santa give to each reindeer?

• 27 ÷ 3 = 9 
• 27 ÷ 9 = 5
• 9 ÷ 3 = 27 
• 27 ÷ 9 = 3

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

2.  The elves need to prepare the Christmas sweets. Each box of candy contains12 gumdrops.  They need to fill 7 boxes with gumdrops.  How many total gumdrops do they need

• 19, because 12 + 7 is 19
• 74, because 12 × 7 is 74
• 84, because 12 × 7 is 84
• 7, because 84 ÷ 12 is 7

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

3. Mrs Claus. baked 3 dozen peppermint cookies, If she gave each elf 4 cookies, how many elves did she share the cookies with?

• 12
• 9
• 36
• 40

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

4.  The North Pole tree was decorated with 13 stings of light. If there are 7 lights on each string, how many lights are on the tree?

• 71 lights
• 20 lights
• 4 lights
• 91 lights

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

5.  Rudolph and Donner and Blitzen each had a cold!  In one hour poor Rudolph sneezed 10 times. Blitzen sneezed 8 times  and Donner sneezed 11 times. How many times did the three reindeer sneeze in 3 hours?

• 87 times
• 29 times
• 67 times
• 24 times

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

Bill's family has 7 stockings hanging from the fire place.  Santa places 6 candy bars in each stocking.  When Santa went up the chimney, 2 stockings fell and the family's dog ate each piece that fell.  How many candy bars are left?  

• 30
• 15
• 42
• 11

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Frosty the Snowman gave 4 cookies to each of the children in the neighborhood.  There are 30 children in the neighborhood.  How many cookies did Frosty give away?

• 34
• 26
• 120
• 100

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

There are 9 place settings at the dinner table.  Each setting has 3 pieces of silverware.  Four spoons fell off of the table when Aunt Sally bumped into it.  How many pieces of silverware remain on the table?

• 27
• 23
• 16
• 8

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

You are making treat bags for each of your classmates for Christmas.  You put 7 pieces of candy and 2 pieces of gum in each treat bag.  There are 30 children in the class.  How many treats are there altogether?

• 16
• 14
• 39
• 270

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Your teacher is giving 3 Christmas pencils to each student in the third grade.  There are 80 students altogether.  How many pencils did your teacher give to the students?

• 83
• 240
• 77
• 420

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3