Accelerated Word Problems Unit 4/5

Santa can pack in his sleigh up to 230 presents in an hour. How many presents would be packed in 7 hours?

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Santa needs to buy food for his reindeer. He has 9 reindeer, and each reindeer needs 5 bags of carrots, 3 barrels of water and 4 sugar cubes per day.

How many food items does he need to feed the reindeer for one day?

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Santa needs to buy food for his reindeer. He has 9 reindeer, and each reindeer needs 5 bags of carrots, 3 barrels of water and 4 sugar cubes per day.

How many food items in all does Santa need to feed all the reindeer for a week?

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If a bag of carrots costs $2.50, a barrel of water costs $3.50 and a sugar cube costs $0.75.

How much would Santa be spending on each reindeer a day?

If a bag of carrots costs $2.50, a barrel of water costs $3.50 and a sugar cube costs $0.75.

How much in total per day does Santa spend for all the reindeer?

Mrs. Claus bakes a batch of cookies. Each batch makes 16 cookies. If she needs a total of 8 dozen cookies, how many batches does she need to make?

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The elves are holding an end of Christmas dance off. They need 2 hours of music. Each song is approximately 2.5 minutes long. How many songs do they need for their dance off?

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A candy cane factory needs to order boxes for its candy canes. They are going to make 52,000 candy canes. Only 8 fit in a box, how many boxes will they need to order?

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They had 175 presents under the Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day they gave away 163 of them but received 126 more. How many presents did they have to open on Christmas Day?

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Mrs. Claus needs to knit socks for all of Santa’s reindeer. He has 5 reindeer pens with 13, 22, 14, 24 and 17 reindeer in them. How many socks does she need to knit?

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