Sheet # 17
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.
1) At the first reindeer practice of the year, Dasher flew 7 feet; Dancer flew 10 feet; Prancer flew 8 feet; Vixen flew 5 feet; Comet flew 12 feet; Cupid flew 6 feet; Donner flew 9 feet; Blitzen flew 7 feet. Rudolph flew three times the distance of the sum of the median and the mode of the other eight reindeer. How far did Rudolph fly?
2) If Santa's elves make 95,000 presents in 1997; 70,000 in 1998; 85,000 in 1999, how many presents will the elves have to make in year 2000 to have an average of 87,000 presents in all four years?
3) A package of Christmas lights comes with 12 bulbs. Each light takes up 0.8 inches on the string; there is a 1 inch space in between each bulb and 1-inch of cord on each end. If the roof ledge where we hang our Christmas lights is 25-feet in length, how many packages of lights will I need to purchase?
Answers for sheet # 17:
1) 43.5 feet
2) 98,000 presents
3) 14 packages