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Santa’s reindeers travelled at an average speed of 52 kph for 3 ¼ hours. What distance did they cover ? 1 Mrs Barlow bought two Christmas presents costing £7.45 and £15.99. What was her change from £30 ? 2
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Santa’s reindeers travelled at an average speed of 52 kph for 3¼ hours. What distance did they cover? 1 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
Mrs Barlow bought two Christmas presents costing £7.45 and £15.99. What was her change from £30? 2 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A school sells 456 tickets for its Christmas Carol Concert. How much money does this raise if tickets cost £3.00 each? 3 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
Year 6 make some mince pies. Each mince pie contains 80 grams of mincemeat. They use a 1 kg jar of mincemeat. How much mincemeat is left after making 8 mince pies? 4 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A Christmas pudding weighs 350g. How much do 14 puddings weigh? 5 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
Father Christmas begins delivering parcels at 19:45 and finishes at 04:30. How long does it take? 6 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A box of Christmas decorations contains 100 red and gold baubles. One fifth of the baubles are gold. • What is the probability of picking a red bauble out of the box? • What number are red? 7 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
At a Christmas party there are 3 boys for every 4 girls. How many girls are there if there are 24 boys? 8 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
From a 4.5m length of ribbon, Santa’s elves cut a piece measuring 2.3m and another piece 0.6m long. How much ribbon is left? 9 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A pair of trainers cost £54. In the Christmas sale there is 25% off all sportswear. What is the cost of the trainers in the Christmas sale? 10 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A sack contains 4.8 kg of reindeer food. Rudolph nibbles 40 grams of food each day. How long will the sack of food last for? 11 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A piece of Christmas wrapping paper measures 45cm by 20cm. What is its area? 12 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
On Christmas day the temperature is 4°C. It decreases by 6 degrees. What is the temperature now? 13 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
These are the prices in a candle shop: Scented candles………….....£2.95 Plain candles small……55p large……90p Christmas candles …………..75p Callum has £5. He wants to buy 1 scented candle, a Christmas candle and 2 large plain candles. How much more money does he need? 14 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
A robin catches 8 worms an hour between the hours of 5am and 6pm. How many worms does it eat in 2 days? 15 Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone
Answers • 169 km • £6.56 • £1,368 • 360g • 4900g or 4kg900g • 8 h 45 mins • a) 4/5 b) 80 8. 32 girls 9. 1.6m left 10. £14.50 11. 120 days 12. 900 cm2 13. -2°C 14. 50p 15. 208 worms Year 6 Christmas Word Problems 2006/HB/Quinzone