Sheet # 15
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.
1) The pink candle on my wreath is 8 ½ inches tall and melts a half-inch every minute. How long will it take for the whole candle to melt?
2) Santa's elves are 4 feet 5 inches, 3 feet 11 inches, 4 feet 2 inches, 4 feet, and the last doesn't want to get measured but Santa knows their average, it is 4 feet 2 inches?. How tall is the last elf? (round to the nearest inch)
3) Santa Claus's pet dog Snowball is 12 pounds and is 1 year old. The next year it doubles, the third it loses 2 pounds then doubles again, the fourth year it gains 5 pounds, the fifth year it loses 1 pound, the sixth it loses 1/12 of its weight, the seventh it gains 5 pounds and then loses 3 pounds. How much does it weigh now?
4) Mr. Smith wants to hang a string of 120 lights around his house. Every seventh light is out. How many lights are not out?
Answers for sheet # 15:
1) 17 minutes
2) 4 feet 2 inches
3) 38 pounds
4) 104 lights