Answer the questionon each Christmas cracker

A Powerpoint Mental Starter for

Christmas2014 “12 days of

Christmas”Crackers

12 people each received 5 gold

rings.How many gold rings

did they have altogether?

60

8 maids were milking on each of 15 farms.

How many maids altogether is this?

120

12 drummers drumming worked in

teams of 4 drummers.

How many teams were there?

3

3 French hens each ate 65 grains of

corn.How many grains of

corn is this altogether?

195

7 swans a-swimming, 

6 geese a-laying, 5 golden rings, How many items altogether here?

18

7 swans a-swimming each swam for 14

minutes each.How many minutes of swimming is this

in total?

98 minutes

10 lords each leapt over 22 different

gates.How many gates

altogether did they all leap over?

220

12 drummers drumming each had

two drumsticks.How many

drumsticks did they have altogether?

24

4 calling birds each called out 23 times.

How many times altogether did they

call out?

92

If each of the 11 pipers piped 7 tunes

each, how many tunes altogether

were piped?

77

9 ladies dancing were paid a total of

£360 for their performance.

How much did they each receive?

£40

2 turtle doves born on the same day had lived a total of 456 days. How many

days old were they?

228 days

11 pipers piping, 10 lords a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing.How many people altogether here? 

30

12 drummers drumming were each

paid £30.How much were they

paid in total?

£360

If 5 gold rings cost £99 each, how much

did they cost in total?

£495

9 ladies dancing danced for a total of

240 minutes.How many hours is

this?

4

A partridge sat in a pear tree 24 hours a

day for 12 days.How many hours

altogether was this?

288 hours

12 drummers drumming, 

11 pipers piping, 10 lords a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids a-milking.How many people

altogether? 

50

6 geese a-laying produced a total of

72 eggs. If they each laid the same

number of eggs, how many eggs did each

goose lay?

12

To find all the gifts on the 12th day of

Christmas, we have to add the numbers

from 1 to 12.What is this total?

78

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