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Sheet # 11/Thanksgiving

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Explain and show your work. Draw pictures to show your work.

1) I have six turkeys, but four turkeys ran away. How many turkeys do I have left?





2) I had two baskets of rolls. Each basket had 8 rolls. How many rolls did I have?





3) You have 5 salads and 3 kinds of dressings at Thanksgiving dinner. You use up 3 of the salads and one of the dressings. How many things did you use up in all?





4) There are two groups of three pumpkins. How many pumpkins in all?





5) There were 3 pumpkins with 5 lines each running up and down the sides. How many lines were there?





6) There were 8 Pilgrims and 10 Wampanoags at the dinner. How many more Wampanoags were there than Pilgrims?





7) There were 8 icicles outside the window at the Thanksgiving dinner. Each one had two drops of water. How many drops of water were dripping?





8) There were 20 pumpkins in the house. Sixteen were made into pies. How many were left?





9) We have 25 people at our Thanksgiving dinner. Seventeen people like whipping cream on their pumpkin pie. How many people don't like whipping cream?




10) Four juicy turkeys came to play, then four more, then four more and four more. How many played in all?








Answers for sheet # 11

1) 2 turkeys

2) 16 rolls

3) 4 things

4) 6 pumpins

5) 15 lines

6) 2 more

7) 16 drops

8) 4 pumpkins

9) 8 people

10) 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16 turkeys