Read, draw, and solve the following Thanksgiving math puzzles.
1. At my Thanksgiving meal there are 5 pumpkin pies and 2 chocolate pies.
a. How many pies are there altogether?
b. How many more pumpkin pies than chocolate pies are there?
2. Aunt Betsy brings 3 dozen deviled eggs to Thanksgiving. Great Aunt Linda brings 2 more dozen deviled eggs than Aunt Betsy.
a. How many dozen deviled eggs does Great Aunt Linda bring? How many deviled eggs is that?
b. How many dozen deviled eggs are there altogether? How many deviled eggs are there altogether?
3. At the end of the 3rd quarter of the football game, the Detroit Lions are beating the
New England Patriots 24 to 17.
a. How many total points have been scored in the game?
b. How many less points has New England scored than Detroit?
4. The 2010 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature 25 large floats and 15 giant balloons. How many more large floats than giant balloons are there?
5. A farm has 730 turkeys and ducks. 426 of the birds are turkeys.
a. How many ducks are there?
b. How many fewer ducks than turkeys are there?
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