From working out the timings of the turkey to (mis)calculating the length of fairy lights needed to wrap around the tree, maths is all around us at Christmas time!

If you’re after some festive fun to use at home or in your classroom, take a look at our fun Christmas maths questions. They’re perfect for children in KS1 and KS2!

Question 1: Merry mental maths

1. Start with counting the number of the days of Christmas
2. Multiply it by 3
3. Divide by the number of ‘Geese a-laying’
4. Take a third
5. Square it

What’s your final answer?

Question 2: Dazzling decorations

To decorate our giant Doodle Christmas tree, we’ll need lots of decorations!

We need 6 meters of tinsel, 12 red baubles and 1 giant Doodle star.

Tinsel costs £6 per 2 meters. Red baubles cost £3 for a pack of 6, and a giant Doodle star costs £5.

How much does it cost to decorate our tree?  

Question 3: Christmas biscuits

Santa wants to make some festive biscuits. To make 10 biscuits, the recipe requires:

1. 100g flour
2. 40g sugar
3. 80g butter
4. 1 egg
5. 10 Doodle stars (for decoration)

How much of each ingredient does he need to make 30 biscuits? 

Question 4: A snazzy sale

You visit the Doodle Shop and purchase a ruler for your mum, a pack of 10 pencils for you dad and a poster for your teacher. The price list is below:

10% off all purchases over £10!

Pencils (pack of 10): £5

Ruler: £6

Postcard: £1.50

Poster: £2

How much does your order cost? 

Question 5: Santa’s delivery

Santa needs to deliver 127 presents to England, 42 presents to Wales, 99 presents to Scotland, 24 presents to Northern Ireland and 18 presents to France.

1. What is the mean number of presents he needs to deliver?
2. What is the median number of presents he needs to deliver?
3. What is the range of presents he needs to deliver?

Question 6: Glorious gifts

If you give 3 presents to your mum, 2 presents to your dad, 1 present to your sibling and 1 present to your teacher, how many presents have you given?

Question 7: Christmas dinner

It’s 10:15, and Christmas dinner is planned to take place at 13:30.

In hours and minutes, how long is it until Christmas dinner? 

Answers

Ready for the answers? Take a look below!

1. 4
2. £29
3. 300g flour, 120g sugar, 240g butter, 3 eggs and 30 Doodle stars
4. £11.70
5. 62; 42; 105
6. 7 presents
7. 3 hours 15 minutes 

Celebrate Christmas with DoodleMaths

For more maths fun this Christmas, check out the DoodleMaths app! Children can open the in-app Winter Calendar every day to collect festive accessories for their robot. And best of all, you can try it for free!