Holiday Problem Solving

Question 1

The family had 200 lights on their Christmas tree. They added 325 more lights. How many lights are on the tree now?

Accepted Answer

525

Question 2

Write an equation and solve the word problem.

Accepted Answer

42 books

Question 3

Sarah bought 159 cookies. The kids in her class were so hungry that they ate 132 of them. How maby cookies are left?

Accepted Answer

27 cookies

Question 4

There are 347 tom turkeys and 795 hen turkeys. How many more hens are there than tom turkeys?

Accepted Answer

subtraction

Question 5

There were 57 rolls at the table. Thirty-eight of the rolls were eaten. How many were left? How do you solve it?

Accepted Answer

subtraction

Question 6

There were 9 pounds of mashed potatoes; 7 pounds were eaten. How many pounds were left over?

Accepted Answer

subtraction

Question 7

Jo has 250 ornaments. Lisa has 375 ornaments. How many more ornaments does Lisa have than Jo?

Accepted Answer

125 more ornaments

Question 8

Solve the following word problem. We will do this one together!

Accepted Answer

231 pounds

Question 9

Tom ran 14 miles on Monday and 7 more miles on Tuesday. How many miles did he run all together?

Accepted Answer

addition

Question 10

Sally had 9 pretzels. Her mom gave her 12 more. How many pretzels does she have now?

Accepted Answer

addition

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