Holiday Math

Here are some math problems to keep your children sharp and their brain working over the break

1.  Bobby received 4 cars for Christmas. Sue received 3 cars for Christmas.
                How many cars did they receive together?
                How many more cars did Bobby get than Sue?
                How many more cars would Bobby need to get to have 10 cars?
                How many more cars would Sue need to get to have 10 cars?


2.  Draw a square, circle, triangle and rectangle on a piece of paper. Now cut those shapes out and glue them on another piece of paper. Take the paper with the shapes glued on and now make a winter scene with it.

3.  Kentucky scored 75 points while Louisville scored 73 points.
               What was the combined total of points scored?
                How many more points would Kentucky have needed to reach 100 points?
                How many more points would Louisville have need to score to reach 90 points?
              

4.  Santa delivered 6 presents to the house on the corner. He delivered 3 times as many presents to the house next door.
                 How many presents did he deliver to the house next door?
                 What is the total number of presents delivered to both houses?
5.  Keaton is 5 years old. His sister is 3 times older than him. His mom his 3 times older than his sister.
                   How old is his sister?
                   How old is his mom?
                   What is the combined age of all three people.
6. Santa owns several barns that are full of reindeer.
                    He has 7 barns that have 8 reindeer in each barn. What is the total number of reindeer living in those barns?
                    Santa also needs to build some special barns for some new reindeer that are just learning to fly. He needs to build 3 barns on the north-side of the property, 6 barns on the south-side, 2 barns each for the west and east-sides. How many barns does he need to build?
                    He also has to build some super posh barns for his more celebrated reindeer. Each barn needs to have 6 hot tubs for the reindeer. If Santa bought 48 hot tubs how many barns does he need to build?
 7.  Reindeer food comes in 9 pound bags. Each day the reindeer eat 72 pounds of food.
                     How many bags of reindeer food will he need to buy for one day?
                     How many bags will he need to buy for one week?
                     How many for one month?
                     How many for 12 months?