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Harder Christmaths Problems:

WALT: be able to solve word problems.

If the Wise Men used 3 camels altogether how many legs were there on the camels and the 3
Wise Men in total?

If it cost 5 shekels for 1 camel to stay at the inn overnight then how much does it cost for 3
camels to stay the night?

It costs 15 shekels for a Wise man to stay for 1 night. How much would it cost for the 3
Wise Men to stay for 2 nights?

What would be the total costs for the Wise Men and their camels to stay for 2 nights?

One of the Wise Men travelled 650 miles to get from his home town to Bethlehem. If he
travelled for 5 miles each day, how many days did his journey take?

If a camel could travel for 8 days and nights without a drink then how many drinks would
it need on a journey that took a month?

Mary and Joseph used a donkey (because they were poorer than the Wise Men). It took
them 60 days to do the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Joseph walked for ¾ of the
journey. How many days did Mary have to walk?

The donkey needed 4 carrots every day to improve his diet of hay while he was walking on
the journey. How many carrots did he need for 60 days?
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