Christmaths 1
Father Christmas is giving his 10 reindeer socks for Christmas.
How many pairs does he need to buy ?
How many socks altogether ?
Each pair cost £1•50 how much did he spend? £
How much change did he get from a £50 note ? £
How many does Father Christmas need to get to give .....
9 policemen 2 pairs of handcuffs each
13 fairies 4 magic wands each
14 dads a pair of Dennis the Menace socks
150 schools two Christmas trees each
pairs
magic wands
pairs
trees
both West Bromwich Albion fans a scarf each
scarves
The church choir share one book between 3.
How many books are needed for
18 boys 24 girls
30 men
36 women
Altogether ................. books will be needed.
How many legs on
5 reindeer
How many wheels on
4 Santas
3 spiders
6 flies
3 Christmas dinners
5 wheelbarrows
7 buses
10 bikes
2 sleighs
3 supermarket trolleys
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Christmaths 2
Bernard the turkey has decided to run away to the Animals-Are-Us
Animal Sanctuary in Wales.
He will have to travel in disguise and change buses and coaches.
Choose a disguise for him and fill out the bill.
Be careful, he only has £20 left to spend after paying his bus fare.
The Fancy Dress & Disguise Shop
Price List
dark glasses ...... £2·95 moustache ......... £0·95
false beard ........ £4·49 false eyelashes .. £0·49
blonde wig........ £6·15 fake fur coat ...... £6·15
traffic warden’s
stocking mask ... £1·59
uniform. £10·86 nun’s costume . £12·50
fireman’s helmet£2·50 cowboy hat ........ £2·76
.......................................... £
.......................................... £
.......................................... £
.......................................... £
.......................................... £
Total Cost £
Bus and
Option
Option
Option
Option
Leave Farm
06:30
07:35
09:53
11:20
Arrive Birmingham
08:55
09:40
11:15
12:20
13:55
10:25
11:40
13:28
13:50
15:25
12:18
12:40
14:08
15:20
16:55
13:55
14:10
15:46
15:50
17:42
Leave Birmingham
Arrive Shrewsbury
One of Bernard’s less
successful disguises.
Leave Shrewsbury
Arrive at Sanctuary
Complete these tables below to help
Bernard decide which option to take.
Travelling
Times
Waiting
Times
How long will it
take from the farm to
Birmingham?
Option Option Option Option
1
2
3
4
How long will
he have to wait
in
How long will it take
from Birmingham to
Shrewsbury?
How long will
he have to wait
in Shrewsbury?
How long will it take
from Shrewsbury to
Animals-Are-Us ?
Total time
Spent waiting
Total time
Spent travelling
Option Option Option Option
1
2
3
4
If I was Bernhard I would choose Option ....... because .........................
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Christmaths 3
The Three Wise Men ( the Magi) and their servants stopped off on their journey at
a new Fast Food Restaurant. Use the menu below to work out their bill.
McHerod’s
3 donkeyburgers with
sheep’s eyes
fast foods
donkey burger ....... £1•95
camel burger ......... £1•25
sheep’s eyes .......... £1•29
thick sheikhs date £2•45
fig .... £3•85
other flavours . £2•12
...........
...........
7 camelburgers
...........
1 fig thick sheikh
...........
2 date thick sheikhs
...........
7 palm flavoured
thick sheikhs
..........
When they reached Bethlehem they
stayed at the Desert Motel.
Use the price list to work out these
Desert Motel
Three Wise Men, 3 camels
and seven servants
staying for 2 nights.
Price List (per night)
£
Hotel
Single room with T.V.
and shower ........... £55
Servants sharing floor in corridor . £2•50
8 shepherds and 100
sheep staying for 1 night.
Stables
£
camels ......... £2•50
sheep ........... £1•50
Shepherds .................................................. £1·25
Special Christmas Offer: With every 50 paid-for sheep
ONE shepherd stays for FREE !
Joseph, Mary and Jesus,
staying for two weeks.
£
carpenters & their wives ............ £1•90
babies under 3 years old ......... FREE
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Christmaths 4
You have been given the job of
organising a disco for 80 children.
You have up to £120 to spend,
including hiring a mobile disco.
Fill in the order form and see how
close you can get to £120 without
going over budget!
Make sure you order enough food and drink for everyone, and remember that
“branded” items are usually more expensive
You can use the back of the sheet for rough working out.
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£80·00
Christmaths 5
The Wise Men do their Christmas shopping at
Herod’s Department Store.
It takes them 30 seconds to travel up to the 6th floor
in the lift. Their servants take 15 seconds to walk up
each flight of stairs.
How much longer does it take the servants?
seconds
Herod’s Gift Department Price List
If each Wise Man has £1000 to spend
what might they buy?
Gold £10 per gram
Remember to write down the
quantities and the costs.
Frankincense £32 per gram
(minimum purchase 50
grams)
(minimum purchase 25 grams)
Myrrh £28 per gram
(minimum purchase 20 grams)
Caspar’s Shopping
List
Camel Shampoo set£3 each
Mobile phone £9•99 each
Box of Dates£2•50 each
Melchior’s Shopping List
Balthazar’s Shopping List
Father Christmas has had too much sherry and has parked his Land Rover on top of his
neighbour’s Mercedes. He promises to pay the £9 800 repair bill a bit at a time.
How long would it take to pay if he gives
£10 a week .................................................................
£90 a month ...............................................................
£30 a week .................................................................
£100 a month .............................................................
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Christmaths 6
Santa makes his elves work very hard. They each have to make 96 toys a day.
In one hour Colin makes 15 teddies, Kevin makes 10 dolls,
Malcolm makes 6 bikes, Cyril makes 12 toy cars, and Eric
makes 4 dolls’ houses. time to make 1 toy hours worked each day
Colin
Kevin
Complete
the table.
Malcolm
Cyril
Santa persuading the elves
to work harder - or else !
Eric
Flying needs a lot of fuel.
One reindeer consumes 7½ carrots and
½ a bucket of water every 200 miles.
carrots
buckets of water
1200 miles
2000 miles
Work out how much fuel is required for a
team of seven reindeer to fly the
distances shown.
4700 miles
100 miles
The temperature in Santa’s home is 4ºC. What will it be if it : -
rises by
falls by
falls by
rises by
6 degrees
2 degrees
16 degrees
11 degrees
........
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........
........
rises by
falls by
falls by
falls by
18 degrees
4 degrees
7 degrees
18 degrees
........
........
........
........
rises by
rises by
falls by
rises by
22 degrees
9 degrees
27 degrees
39 degrees
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Santa’s house is built of 1800 litres of snow.
Rudolf has turned up the central heating and has run away.
It is melting at 5 litres per minute. How long will it take for
the whole igloo to melt?
hours
Every 2½ litres of snow melts down to just 1 litre of water.
litres of water will the igloo melt down to ?
How many
litres
Santa has suddenly started selling reindeer meat.
12 reindeer steaks at £3·45 each
8 Rudolf burgers at £1·85 for 2
0·75kg of sausage at £3·40 per kg
.........
.........
.........
Find the cost of the following
700g reindeer chops at £5·60 /kg ...........
5 Rudolf pies at £2·25 each
............
Total price for all this meat
.........
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