Four Christmas Brain Exercisers!

Santa’s Elves

Santa has some very experienced elves and he has some new inexperienced elves. Each experienced elf can wrap 60 presents a day and each newer inexperienced elf can wrap 45 presents per day. Santa

has a total of 9 elves who wrap presents. They wrap 510 presents a day. How many experienced and inexperienced elves does Santa have? How do you know? Explain how you found your answer.

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The school held a fundraiser and sold Christmas trees. Each day, Yuta sold twice as many trees as he did on the day before. By the fifth day, he had sold 93 Christmas trees! How many did he sell on the fourth day?

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Santa looked outside to see how many of his reindeer and elves were helping to finish up the final touches before he left for his trip around the world. But, when he looked outside, he could only see their legs. He couldn’t figure out how many elves and reindeer were outside. He counted 50 legs.

Santa wants you to help him figure out how many reindeer and how many elves are helping out. Remember to show how you figure out the problem and print your answer in a sentence.

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Use a t-chart as a strategy to help:

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At one of Santa’s stops, there were 27 treats. There were gingerbread men, shortbread cookies and candy canes. There were twice as many

gingerbread men as shortbread cookies. There were 3 times as many candy canes as gingerbread men.

How many more candy canes are there than gingerbread men?

Remember to show how you figure out the problem and print your answer in a sentence. Use pictures, numbers and words.

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