Christmas Problem Solving

Santa’s reindeer need new bells on their harness. He has 27 bells to share equally among nine reindeer. How many bells will Santa give to each reindeer?

• 3 bells per reindeer

• 9 bells per reindeer

• 36 bells per reindeer

• 18 bells per reindeer

The elves need to prepare the Christmas sweets. Each box of candy contains 12 gumdrops. They need to fill seven boxes with gumdrops. How many total gumdrops do they need?

• 19 gumdrops

• 5 gumdrops

• 84 gumdrops

• 1 R 5 gumdrops

The North Pole Christmas Tree is decorated with 13 strings of light. If there are seven lights on each string, how many lights are on the tree?

• 20 lights

• 6 lights

• 71 lights

• 91 lights

Ernie the Elf made 1,348 toy wagons. Emma the Elf made 2,008 toy wagons. How many more toy wagons did Emma make than Ernie?

• 660 more toy wagons

• 640 more toy wagons

• 760 more toy wagons

• 560 more toy wagons

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

• 97 times

• 87 times

• 29 times

• 9 times

During Christmas Break, there was a blizzard! We got six inches of snow each day. If it snowed for nine days non-stop, how many inches of snow did we get?

• 63 inches

• 3 inches

• 15 inches

• 54 inches

The reindeer need energy for their long night. Each reindeer eats 11 carrots. If there are nine reindeer, how many carrots will they need for one night?

• 99 carrots

• 20 carrots

• 2 carrots

• 77 carrots

If the Polar Express Train can carry 20 children to the North Pole each trip, how many children can the train take if it makes four trips?

• 5 children

• 80 children

• 16 children

• 24 children

Jingle the Elf and four of his elf friends were frosting cookies. If they each frosted eight cookies, how many cookies did they frost in all?

• 238 cookies

• 32 cookies

• 40 cookies

• 45 cookies

Santa has seven elves among whom he wants to share 52 candy canes equally. How many candy canes will each elf get?

• 73 candy canes each

• 3 candy canes each

• 7 candy canes each

• 364 candy canes each