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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.2.OA.C.4

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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3