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