Education Centre: Christmas Math’s Challenge

In the word CHRISTMAS below, each letter has a particular value. So C is worth 10, and M is
worth 70.

Work out the value of these words. The first one is done for you.
IT = 40+60 = 100 HAT = 20+80+60 =
IS = HIT =
MIST = MAT =
MATH = STAIR =
Can you find words using the letters above which have these values?
150 =
120 =
110 =
170 =
180 =

Q1) James is collecting Christmas trees to sell
at the market.
• He collects 31 trees.
• He sells all his trees to 3 of his friends.
• Tim buys 3 more trees than Sarah.
• Sarah buys 7 fewer trees than Daniel.
How many do his friends each get?
Q2) Claire is counting her Christmas tree lights.
• She has between 500 and 1000 lights.
• The hundreds digit of this numbers is a multiple
of 3.
• The total of all the digits is 10.
How many lights could Claire have?
See if you can find all 7 possibilities
 Education Centre: Christmas Math’s Challenge
In the word CHRISTMAS below, each letter has a particular value.
So C is worth 0.1, and M is worth 0.7.

Work out the value of these words. The first one is done for you.
IT = 0.4+0.6 = 1.0 HAT = 0.2+0.8+0.6 =
IS = HIT =
MIST = MAT =
MATH = STAIR =
Can you find words using the letters above which have these values?
1.5 =
1.2 =
1.1 =
1.7 =
1.8 =

Q1) John is collecting Christmas trees to sell at
the market. He collects some trees. He sells
some of the trees to two of his friends.
• He sells half his trees to Toby and a third of
the remaining trees to Sally.
• He takes 6 trees back home.
How many trees did he collect at the start?
Q2) Chloe is counting all her Christmas lights
she has put on her house.
• She has between 1100 and 2000 lights.
• The hundreds digit of this numbers is a
multiple of 4.
• The total of all the digits is 10.
• The number of lights is odd.
How many lights could Chloe have?
See if you can find all 4 possibilities.