Christmas Word Problems LCES

The family read 2 Christmas picture books every night for the

12 days leading up to Christmas. They read 5 extra books one

night because the kids couldn’t sleep. How many Christmas picture books did they read all together?

• 24 books

• 29 books

• 19 books

• 22 books

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Santa has to put 4 new horse shoes on each of his 9 reindeer. He has 6

horseshoes already but he has to buy the rest. How many does he need to buy from the

North Pole blacksmith?

• 30 shoes

• 36 shoes

• 7 shoes

• 24 shoes

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There are 123 dancers and 73

actors in the Nutcracker. 43 of

them got the flu and had to stay

home. How many people were

still able to perform?

• 116 people

• 80 people

• 153 people

• 30 people

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jimmy made 3 dozen cookies for St. Nick on Christmas Eve. Their dog, Buckles, got hungry and at 6 of them. How many were left for Santa to munch

on?

• 24 cookies

• 9 cookies

• 3 cookies

• 30 cookies

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

To help his dad build a fire in the fireplace on Christmas Eve, Nick had to ball up 3 pieces of newspaper for every log. His dad used 5 logs. Nick threw in 8 extra sheets of paper. How many sheets of paper did Nick use for the fire?

• 13 sheets

• 24 sheets

• 15 sheets

• 23 sheets

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ornaments come in boxes of 6. Holly bought 7 packages. She gave 8 of them away. How many ornaments does she have left?

• 42 ornaments

• 34 ornaments

• 56 ornaments

• 2 ornaments

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Chippy the elf made 6 bicycles with 2 wheels each and 5 tricycles with 3 wheels each. How many wheels did Chippy use all together when he made his bicycles and tricycles?

• 27 wheels

• 16 wheels

• 17 wheels

• 8 wheels

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Eddie made caramel and peppermint candies for Christmas gifts. He put 5 peppermints and 3 caramels in each bag. He made 4 bags How many candies did he make all together?

• 15 condies

• 60 candies

• 32 candies

• 12 candies

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Sammy wrapped 200 gifts. 65 were taken to the orphanage. 72 were mailed to children in Africa. How many wrapped gifts were left?

• 135 gifts

• 128 gifts

• 63 gifts

• 277 gifts

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Every house in town has a wreath on the front door. Jack Frost stole 184 wreaths. There were 473 houses left that still had their wreath. How many total houses are in town?

• 657 houses

• 289 houses

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8