Q: Which is heavier? A pound of candy canes or a pound of coal?
A: They're exactly the same. A pound is a pound.
Q: At a holiday market, the total cost for a cup of hot cocoa and a cookie is $1.80. If a cup of hot cocoa costs one dollar more than a cookie, how much does a cup of hot cocoa cost?
A: Hot Cocoa costs $1.40 and a cookie costs $0.40.
Q: If it takes five elves, five minutes to make five dolls, then how long will it take 100 elves to make 100 dolls?
A: It takes one elf five minutes to make a doll. So, it would still take 100 elves, making 100 dolls at the same time, five minutes.
Q: On Christmas day, my parents bought 16 toys for my three siblings. The oldest got 1/8 of the toys, and another got ¼ while the youngest got 1/2. How many toys did each of them get?
A: The oldest gets two toys, the younger gets four, and the youngest gets eight toys.
Q: Nick has a box of ornaments he uses to decorate his tree each year. All but six are blue. All but six are green, and all but six are red. How many of each color does Nick have?
A: Nick has 9 ornaments in total: 3 blue, 3 green, and 3 red.
Q: Two elves were born on Christmas Eve. When the first elf was six years old, the second elf was half his age. How old will the second elf be when the first elf is 100?
A: When the first elf is 100, the second will be 97.