Holiday Word Problems

The elves made 20 toys last night. They wrapped 6 of them this morning. How many toys do they still need to wrap?

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Santa has 14 red bows and 17 green bows for presents. How many more green bows than red bows does he have?

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The elves were decorating the workshop with snowflakes. They put 10 snowflakes on the windows and 8 snowflakes on the door. How many total snowflakes did they make?

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Santa was making his naughty and nice lists. He has 14 children on the nice list and 3 children on the naughty list. How many total children has he put on a list.

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Mrs. Claus made 18 cookies yesterday. She decorated 9 of them. How many cookies does she still need to decorate?

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Santa has 9 reindeer and 11 elves helping him. How many helpers does Santa have altogether.

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Rudolph has 325 snowballs and Dasher has 562 snowballs. Estimate the sum to the nearest hundred to find out how many they had in all.

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Sofia has made 84 gingerbread men. Her friend Emily used 39 of them for holiday decorations. How many gingerbread men does Sofia have left?

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Joshua's mother gave him 32 candy canes. He gave 19 away to his classmates. How many candy canes does he have left?

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The holiday shop is selling smencil pens to earn money to buy a book collection that costs 16 dollars. They charge 2 dollars per smencil pen. Use the number sentence below to find how many smencil pens need to be sold to earn 16 dollars.

___ x 2 = 16

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