Prancer
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Explain, and show your work.
1) When Jessie was sledding down, she was traveling at 18 miles per hour. If she kept up that speed for 4 hours, how far would she go?
2) Prancer weighs about 400 pounds. How many ounces is that?
3) The veterinarian who fixed up Prancer's leg had to go to 7 years of college to become a veterinarian. If one year of college costs $3,000.00, how much would his total college bill cost?
4) Prancer eats half a bag of feed and 3 pounds of apples everyday. How many pounds of apples will he eat in a week?
5) If feed costs $20 a bag and Prancer eats 1/2 a bag a day. How much will a weeks worth of feed cost?
6) Jessica works at her neighbor's house for $5 an hour to earn money for feed. If it took her 3 hours to clean her neighbor's house, how much did she make in all?
7) The town of 3 Oaks, where Jessica lives has a population of 3,500. If half of them believe in Santa Claus like Jessica does, how many would believe in Santa Claus?
8) Mr. Riggs sold Prancer for $200 to the Christmas tree salesman. How much would he have made if he had doubled that amount?
9) If Prancer laid beside Jessica for 3 hours after she fell, how many total minutes did he lie there?
10) The night Jessica and her brother tried to pry Prancer out of his pin, it was snowing at a rate of 2 inches per hour. If it snowed all night at the same rate, how much snow fell in 6 hours?
11) If Jessica and her brother left the house to rescue Prancer at 10:35 p.m., and they arrived at his cage at 11:02 p.m., how many minutes did it take them to get there?
12) In the poem, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus that Jessie's dad read to her, it said that Santa would be alive for 10 times 10,000 years. How many years is that?
13) There are 300 homes in 3 Oaks. If Santa delivers 5 presents to each home, how many presents does he deliver in all?
14) If Jessica and her father left at 11:05 a.m. to take Prancer to Antler Ridge, and it took them 21 minutes to get there, what time was it when they arrived there?
15) Jessica missed 2 1/2 days of school one week and 1 day of school the following week to take care of Prancer. How many days was she in school for those two weeks?
The answers:
1. 72 miles
2. 6400 ounces
3. $21,000
4. 21
5. $70
6. $15
7. 1,750
8. $400
9. 180 min
10. 12 inches
11. 27 min
12. 100,000
13. 1,500 presents
14. 11:26 a.m.
15. 6 1/2 days