Thanksgiving Word Problems

Word problems always make Math more fun when they are themed. Encourage your homeschooler to try the word problems below on their own or with your help. They will be thankful they did!

1. Farmer Bob harvested 25 ears of corn for Thanksgiving supper. If his wife Ida ate 3 ears, and his son Billy ate 5 ears, how many ears were left?

2. The Macys Thanksgiving Day parade was due to start at 9am. Eastern Standard Time. The wind was blowing so hard the balloons could not begin their display until 11 am EST. What time did the folks in California watch the start of the balloons flying on live tv? * Remember they are in a different time zone!

3. The Billings family made 77 pumpkin pies to share with family, friends and neighbors. If they had 12 families to share with, how many pies would they give each family?

4. The turkey Grandma Carol bought was 116 ounces. How many pounds did her turkey weigh?

5. Once Grandma Carol figured out the weight of her turkey she needed to also know how long to cook it. The directions said to cook the turkey 45 minutes per pound in a 425 degree oven. How long would Grandma plan to have the turkey bake in the oven?

6. Kailey picked fresh tomatoes from her garden for her homeschool group's Thanksgiving celebration salad. She picked a total of 15 tomatoes and cut them each into 5 slices. If each salad would need three tomato slices, how many salads could she make using her slices?

7. Cranberry relish was a favorite in the Harper's household. Clementine picked 189 cranberries to help make the Thanksgiving relish. She ate 26 of them on the way back to her house from the cranberry bog. How many cranberries were left?

8. Clementine's brother Ty picked cranberries too. He picked 124 in the morning, and went back later in the afternoon and picked 221 more. How many cranberries did he pick alltogether?

9. How many more cranberries did Ty pick in comparison to how many cranberries Clementine picked?

10. If Mrs. Harper's apple pie was put in the oven at 2:45 pm, and it needed to bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, when would it be done?

* Bonus problem~ Create a graph with 5-10 typical foods served on Thanksgiving Day. Examples are corn, turkey, stuffing, etc. Choose a bar, circle or other graph style of your choice. Pick a number of people you'd like to survey and ask them to choose their favorites. Chart the results and share this information with your family during Thanksgiving dinner. You may be surprised at the results!