Polar Express Night Word Problems

On Christmas Eve, Santa traveled 319 miles on the first part of his trip. During the second part of his trip, he traveled 3 times as many miles as he did on the first trip. For the last part of his trip, he traveled 15 miles less than he did on the second trip. How many total miles did Santa travel on Christmas Eve?

• 2,218 miles

• 337 miles

• 1291 miles

• 301 miles

Santa's elves decorated Christmas trees throughout the North Pole. To decorate all the trees, the elves used 9,765 bows, 15,698 lights, and four times as many ornaments as bows. How many lights and ornaments did the elves us in all?

• 64, 523

• 25, 463

• 54,758

• 48,825

Some of the reindeer were making snowballs. Rudolph made 486 snowballs. Donner made half as many snowballs as Rudolph, and Cupid made 97 more snowballs than Donner. How many snowballs did the three reindeer make altogether?

• 583 snowballs

• 1,069 snowballs

• 875 snowballs

• 1, 103snowballs

Cindy Lou Who went to buy presents for her family members and friends. While shopping, she bought three electric bicycles for $1,835 each, two video game consoles for $550 each, three concert tickets for $240 each, and a tropical cruise ticket for $3,904. If Cindy Lou had saved $12,000 to spend on Christmas gifts, how much money would she have left over after buying all the presents?

• $11,233

• $23,233

• $767

• $5,471

Students at Lower Creek School decorated gingerbread houses to sell at the fundraiser. All 400 students sold two gingerbread houses each. Each house was sold for $6, How much money did the students raise at the fundraiser by selling the gingerbread houses?

• $4,800

• $2,400

• $240

• $480

Mrs. Bolick brought a bag full of money to school to donate to help decorate the school for the winter festival. She brought 26 thousands, 42 hundreds, 96 tens, 17 ones. Mrs. Heavner also brought in a bag full of money to donate. Her bag contained 25 thousands 89 hundreds, 46 tens, and 32 ones. Mrs. Cannon brought in the same total amount of money as both Mrs. Bolick and Mrs. Heavner. How much money did Mrs. Cannon bring in to donate?

• $51,598

• $65,569

• $66,569

• $52,698

Cindy Lou Who decided to make desserts to sell at the village's Christmas celebration. At the grocery store, she paid $175 on ingredients to make the treats. She then made 4 dozen small pies, 56 cupcakes, and 122 cookies to sell. Cindy decided to charge $3.00 per dessert. She sold every single dessert she made at the celebration. How much money did Cindy make after she deducted the cost of the ingredients?

• $853

• $678

• $546

• $503

Elf Security is in charge of keeping the North Pole safe. The four security guards must each walk the perimeter of the North Pole 10 times throughout the day. The North Pole is formed in the shape of an octagon, Each side of the octagon is 90 feet long. How many feet total would all of the security guards walk around the perimeter of the North Pole in one day?

• 28,800 feet

• 2,880 feet

• 7,200 feet

• 81,000 feet

Joe is painting two Christmas pictures for each of his three siblings. Each picture is the same size rectangular shape. The length of each picture is 10 inches and the width is 9 inches. If Joe paints the entire surface of each rectangular picture canvas, how much area will he be covering in all?

• 270 square inches

• 114 square inches

• 540 square inches

• 57 square inches