Christmas Word Problems

Sneezy the snowman had 42 candy buttons. He sneezed off 17 candy buttons. How many candy buttons are left on him?

• 24

• 25

• 20

• 13

Papa Elf baked 32 cookies. Mama Elf baked 36 cookies. How many cookies did they bake altogether?

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• 68

• 86

• 42

The elves were hard at work decorating. They decorated 10 trees with 8 candy canes on each tree. How many candy canes did they use?

• 18

• 10

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• 100

Santa was hanging lights on the Christmas Bakery. He had 55 light bulbs but only 48 worked. How many light bulbs did not work?

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• 6

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Walty the Christmas Walrus caught 18 fish. He shared them equally with 3 friends. How many fish did each friend get?

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• 15

• 3

• 5

Mama mouse put 6 pieces of cheese in each of her 4 children's stockings. How many pieces of cheese did she use?

• 23

• 20

• 10

• 24

Pip the Polar Bear collected 42 pine cones to give away as presents. He shared the pine cones equally with 7 of his friends. How many pine cones did each friend get?

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• 7

• 6

• 3

Dasher had 72 jingle bells on his collar. A big gust of wind came and 16 jingle bells blew away! How many jingle bells are left?

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• 54

• 64

• 18

Arthur the Angry Gingerbread Cookie made 56 snowballs. He threw 8 snowballs at each reindeer he saw. How many reindeer did he throw snowballs at?

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• 7

• 9

• 3

Slow Mow the Sloth hung 3 sparkly ornaments on each of his 4 Christmas trees. It took him a longgggg time! How many sparkly ornaments did he hang?

• 7

• 1

• 12

• 16