FREE Twelve Days of Christmas Math Word Problems

Why not add a little math into the Christmas holiday?

We all know the 12 Days of Christmas song!

And the song leaves me with LOTS of questions!

I don’t know why anyone would want all those birds, but those birds need to eat!

How many birds do you have?

And if each of those birds eat 3 worms a day, how many worms do you need to dig up today?

And I got more questions too!

Questions you can ask!

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How many gifts did your true-love give you all together (count each gift just once, not multiple times for the many verses in the song)?

It seems that you are now the owner of many birds. How many birds do you have?

You will need to feed your birds. Each bird eats 3 worms every day. How many worms will you need each day to feed all of your birds?

Each Maid a-Milking comes with her own cow. It is cold out in December, so you decide to buy slippers for all the cows. How many cow slippers will you need?

Cow slippers cost $2.50 a pair. How much money do you need?

You decide to sell the golden rings to the mailman for $6.53 each. How much money did you make?

Do you have enough for the cow slippers?

The drummers drum all the time! Everyone is complaining. You decide to give all the people (except the drummers) earplugs. How many pairs of earplugs do you need? Don’t forget to include yourself!

Earplugs cost $2.37 for a box of 5 pairs. How many boxes will you need?

Everyday each of the Maids a-Milking gets 3 gallons of milk from her cow. How much milk to the Maids get in one day?

*Challenge: It takes 6 gallons of milk to make 1 pound of cheese. You would like to give a pound of cheese to all the Lords a-Leaping and the Pipers Playing. How many gallons of milk will you need?

*Challenge: How many days of milking will it take to get enough milk to make all this cheese?