12 Days Of Christmas Math Problem
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12 days of christmas math problem. 12 days of christmas math have you ever wondered how many gifts your true love would give you if they followed the directions in the song twelve days of christmas. A kind reader martin j. 12 partridges 12 days x 1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12.
This 12 days of christmas math tasks set includes everything you need. There are 12 days of worthwhile mathematical tasks 1 for each day. This is a problem that i have all of my students solve the class before winter break each year. Which is really interesting when you think there are 365 days in a typical year.
That s quite a heap of presents. By counting the ten made 1 9 2 8 3 7 and 4 6 and adding the remaining numbers 5 10 11 12 the sum of 78 can be determined fairly quickly. According to the traditional song on the first day of christmas 25th december my true love sent to me. Here are 12 word problems based around the twelve days of christmas song.
A partridge in a pear tree on the second day of christmas 26th december my true love sent to me three presents. A pdf file of all questions. There is also an extra creative thinking activity at the very end. Great for seatwork homework or a center.
Each day includes a problem with christmas music as well as the answer and a narrated explanation of how to solve the problem. Fowler found this interesting symmetry in the total number of each present.