1. Answer the question on each Christmas cracker A Powerpoint Mental Starter for Christmas 2014 “12 days of Christmas” Crackers

2. 12 people each received 5 gold rings. How many gold rings did they have altogether? 60

3. 8 maids were milking on each of 15 farms. How many maids altogether is this? 120

4. 12 drummers drumming worked in teams of 4 drummers. How many teams were there? 3 3

5. 3 French hens each ate 65 grains of corn. How many grains of corn is this altogether? 195

6. 7 swans a-swimming, 6 geese a-laying, 5 golden rings, How many items altogether here? 18

7. 7 swans a-swimming each swam for 14 minutes each. How many minutes of swimming is this in total? 98 minutes

8. 10 lords each leapt over 22 different gates. How many gates altogether did they all leap over? 220

9. 12 drummers drumming each had two drumsticks. How many drumsticks did they have altogether? 24

10. 4 calling birds each called out 23 times. How many times altogether did they call out? 92

11. If each of the 11 pipers piped 7 tunes each, how many tunes altogether were piped? 77

12. 9 ladies dancing were paid a total of £360 for their performance. How much did they each receive? £40

13. 2 turtle doves born on the same day had lived a total of 456 days. How many days old were they? 228 days

14. 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing. How many people altogether here? 30

15. 12 drummers drumming were each paid £30. How much were they paid in total? £360

16. If 5 gold rings cost £99 each, how much did they cost in total? £495

17. 9 ladies dancing danced for a total of 240 minutes. How many hours is this? 4 4

18. A partridge sat in a pear tree 24 hours a day for 12 days. How many hours altogether was this? 288 hours

19. 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids a-milking. How many people altogether? 50

20. 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

21. To find all the gifts on the 12 th day of Christmas, we have to add the numbers from 1 to 12. What is this total? 78

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