Turkey and stuffing … soccer and giving thanks. Most of us love Thanksgiving for the meals and the household, however the vacation may embrace math! We created these festive Thanksgiving math phrase issues for college kids to follow their math expertise whereas celebrating the season.
All you should do is put up certainly one of these third grade math phrase issues in your whiteboard or projector display. Then let youngsters take it from there!
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25 Thanksgiving Math Phrase Issues
1. Mother wants 87 potatoes to make the mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner. If she solely has 39 potatoes in her kitchen proper now, what number of extra potatoes does she want to purchase?
48 potatoes.
2. On the day earlier than Thanksgiving, a grocery retailer offered 40 ears of corn, 41 apples, 42 squash, and 55 pumpkins. What number of objects did they promote in all?
178 objects.
3. Caleb flies to his household’s home for Thanksgiving. If the journey is 2,607 miles every means, what number of miles will he fly in all?
5,214 miles.
4. A household sat right down to Thanksgiving dinner at 6:13 p.m. Every of the 5 folks on the desk spent 2 minutes telling one another one thing they have been grateful for this 12 months earlier than they began to eat. What time did they begin consuming?
6:23 p.m.
5. Sue is making paper turkeys to brighten the household’s Thanksgiving desk. She has a complete of 56 feathers. Every paper turkey wants 8 feathers. What number of paper turkeys can she make?
7 paper turkeys.
6. If the common value of a turkey is $1.21 per pound, how a lot would a 16-pound turkey value?
$19.36.
7. Grandma introduced a pecan pie to Thanksgiving. The pie had 8 slices. If we ate all however 2 slices of the pie, what fraction of the pie did we eat?
6/8 (or 3/4) of the pie.
8. This 12 months 10,294 folks attended the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Metropolis. Final 12 months 9,832 went to the parade. What number of extra folks attended the parade this 12 months?
462 folks.
9. Kelly purchased 2 dozen pumpkin donuts. If she eats 2 donuts every day, what number of days will she be capable of eat donuts?
12 days.
10. Dad baked 32 rolls for Thanksgiving. He desires every of his 8 visitors to get an equal quantity of rolls. What number of rolls will every dinner visitor obtain?
4 rolls every.
11. Ryan brings in an apple pie to share together with his class. There are 6 equal slices. Every slice has the identical variety of apple items. If Ryan counted 30 apple items in all, what number of are in a single slice of pie?
5 apple items in a single slice.
12. Tom Turkey ate 16 kernels of corn every day for 7 days. What number of kernels of corn did he eat this week?
112 kernels of corn.
13. Elian’s household is watching Thanksgiving Day soccer. His crew scored 15 factors within the first quarter, 7 factors within the second quarter, and 11 factors within the third quarter. Their closing rating was 42 factors. What number of factors did the crew rating within the fourth quarter?
9 factors.
14. The turkey pen on a farm is a rectangle. It’s 24 toes lengthy and has a fringe of 81 toes. What’s the width of the turkey pen?
16.5 toes.
15. The macaroni and cheese recipe requires ⅔ cup of cheddar cheese and ⅓ cup of parmesan cheese. How a lot whole cheese is required to make the dish?
1 cup of cheese.
16. The third grade raised cash to purchase a Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless of their group. How a lot whole cash was raised if Mrs. Coat’s class raised $22.82, Mr. Reed’s class $17.14, and Mrs. Alston’s college students raised $33.10?
$73.06.
17. A Thanksgiving feast started at 3:15 p.m. It lasted for two hours and half-hour. What time did the feast finish?
5:45 p.m.
18. Alana is making inexperienced bean casserole for Thanksgiving. She spent $30 on contemporary inexperienced beans on the retailer. If inexperienced beans value $2.14 per pound, what number of kilos of inexperienced beans did she purchase?
14 kilos.
19. In November, a fourth-grade classroom held a canned-food drive. There have been 18 college students within the class. If every scholar introduced in 6 cans, what number of cans of meals did they gather all collectively?
108 cans.
20. Cameron is making a pumpkin pie. It takes 3 pumpkins to make 1 pie. What number of pumpkins wouldn’t it take to make 145 pies?
435 pumpkins.
21. Isabella’s eating room desk is 60 inches lengthy. Her mom asks her so as to add a leaf to make the desk lengthy sufficient to seat all their Thanksgiving visitors. With the leaf added, the desk is 84 inches lengthy. What number of inches lengthy is the leaf? What number of toes?
The leaf is 24 inches or 2 toes lengthy.
22. Each Thanksgiving, Tess and her household write down 3 issues they’re grateful for on separate index playing cards. They put all of the playing cards in a gratitude jar. If there are 9 folks current, what number of playing cards are within the gratitude jar?
27 playing cards.
23. Manny saves his cash all 12 months to buy groceries together with his mother the day after Thanksgiving. This 12 months he desires to purchase a TV that prices $300 however is on sale for 50% off. How a lot will the TV value after the low cost?
The TV will probably be $150 after the low cost.
24. The Bakers at all times order Thanksgiving dinner. This 12 months they ordered a baked ham, butternut squash soup, and cornbread. The ham value $20.99, the soup value $15.99, and the cornbread value $9.99. How a lot did they spend on dinner?
They spent $46.97 on dinner.
25. Courtney needed to bake two pies for her household. One pie crust calls for two.5 cups of flour. The filling requires 3 tablespoons of flour. How a lot flour does Courtney want in whole?
5 cups plus 6 tablespoons (86 tablespoons whole) of flour.
