Inspiring Grinch
Question #1
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The Grinch's cave was 5 miles
north of Whoville. The inside of the cave was shaped like a
rectangle. It measured 5 ft. by 12 ft. What was the
perimeter of the inside of the cave?
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Question #2
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The Grinch's dog, Max, was 8
years old. Some people say that one dog year is equal to 7
people years. How old was Max in people years?
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Question #3
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The Grinch thought up his
nasty idea at 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. It took him 2
hours and 15 minutes to get ready. What time did he leave
for Whoville?
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Question #4
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He arrived in whoville at 9:00
p.m. he thought that the Who boys and girls would wake up
bright and early and get up at 6:00 a.m. on Christmas
morning. How many hours did the Grinch have to try and stop
Christmas?
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Question #5
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It was snowing in Whoville
that night. The first hour, an inch of snow fell. The second
hour, two more inches fell. The third hour, three more
inches fell. Keeping with that pattern, how long would it
take for 15 inches of snow to fall in all?
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Question #6
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The first Who chimney was 24
feet long. How many yards long was that?
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Question #7
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Grandma Who had knitted each
of the little Whos a Christmas stocking. They were hung
neatly in a row from the mantle. The Grinch grabbed them
three at a time and stuffed them in his bag. If there were
12 stockings (lots of cousins were visiting), how many grabs
did the Grinch have to make?
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Question #8
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Little Cindy-Lou Who caught
the Grinch in the act. She was not quite 2 years old. Her
birthday was January 3rd. How many days would it be until
her birthday?
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Question #9
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The Grinch was 53 years old
that year. If the story took place in 1957, when was the
Grinch born?
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Question #10
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East of Whoville there was a
Christmas tree farm where the Whos' Christmas trees were
grown. They were cut down, loaded onto a truck, and taken to
Whoville where they were sold by the Boy Scouts. 9 trees fit
on the truck. How many trips did the truck have to make to
get 108 trees to Whoville?
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Question #11
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The Boy Scouts drank hot
chocolate while they were selling trees. The first night
they drank 2 quarts of hot chocolate. How many cups of hot
chocolate did they drink?
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Question #12
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The second night they drank 5
pints of hot chocolate. Which night did they drink
more?
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Question #13
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The trees were sold by height.
They cost $2.00 per foot. Which would cost more--a tree that
was 3 yards tall or a tree that was 72 inches
tall?__________ How much more?__________
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Question #14
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Mother Who wanted to bake a
fruitcake for the Christmas feast. She went to the Whoville
Produce Market where she bought 10 ounces of raisins, 12
ounces of dates, 15 ounces of pecans, and 15 ounces of
walnuts. She went to another store and bought 4 ounces of
candied cherries and 8 ounces of candied pineapple. How many
pounds of ingredients did she buy?
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Question #15
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For Christmas, Cindy-Lou Who
wanted a Barbie Doll. The one she wanted cost $7.97. If
Father Who gave the clerk in the toy store a 10 dollar bill,
how much change would he receive?
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Question #16
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The Grinch planned to dump his
sled load of Who-Christmas things off the top of Mt.
Crumpit. It was 3,000 feet to the top. How many inches was
that?
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Question #17
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The Grinch started wondering
why Christmas came at 9:45 a.m. He puzzled about it for
three hours. What time did he realize that he couldn't stop
Christmas?
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